Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... We use fluoroscopy (a type of x-ray) during the procedure as well as a contrast medium (dye) in order to see your ...

The survival in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who do not undergo aortic valve replacement is 2 ... Other causes include age, chest radiation, congenital heart disease and ...

Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest ... El-Hamamsy repaired Odom’s aortic dissection with a valve sparing ...