Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...
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Aortic Valve Repair
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 ...
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / TAVR
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 ...
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60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...
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Mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged
Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...
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SGMC Health performs its first alternative access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...
Team links gene duplications, deletions within chromosome region to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease
Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease, ...