If left untreated, heart valve insufficiency can lead to heart palpitations, chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and, ultimately, heart failure. The five-year survival rate is just 30%.
Israeli medical device startup Cuspa Medical is aiming to treat heart valve insufficiency with a procedure similar to how a stent is inserted into the heart – via a catheter threaded through an artery that starts in the groin area.
Video: Heart valve repair without open-heart surgery
An Israeli company is developing a minimally invasive procedure to fix heart valve insufficiency when a replacement isn’t necessary. For patients suffering from heart valve or aortic insufficiency, the only solution currently available is open-heart surgery to replace the valve. Unfortunately, the five- to six-hour operation is too dangerous for some people, especially older adults. Only 20 percent of patients can be approved for the procedure.
Israel 21C 16:00 22.12.2022 a year ago
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