Young people with a history of strokes caused by blood clots should be evaluated for a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, according to Hooman Kamel, MD, a neurologist with expertise in stroke at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell.

A multicenter clinical trial has found that minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation.

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have shown that hospitals that routinely perform a heart valve replacement procedure that requires open heart surgery are more likely to adopt a newer, less invasive technique.

Patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a life-threatening and progressive form of heart failure, are finding treatment with the drug tafamidis.