The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...

The signs of aortic ... therapy for at least six months. The primary benefit of TAVR is the ability to treat AS in patients who would otherwise be ineligible for surgical valve replacement.

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

No medical therapy exists to halt or reverse the disease process, and aortic valve replacement (AVR ... sudden decrease in cerebral perfusion with physical activity. During exercise, the total ...

[11,12] Surgical valve replacement ... aortic stenosis should be considered strictly palliative care -- since no treatment has been shown to alter its malignant course. Furthermore, such therapy ...

The American Heart Association said that hunters should be advised that physical exertion ... type 1 bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with balloon ...

No medical therapy has convincingly slowed or reversed the disease process, and aortic valve replacement (AVR ... decrease in cerebral perfusion with physical activity. During exercise, total ...