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 ...

Recent advances include artificial heart valve replacements performed entirely through a groin catheter, eliminating the need for open-heart surgery in many patients. These innovations have ...

The valve replacement is typically an open-heart surgery. A minimally invasive surgery or a catheter procedure to replace the aortic valve may be an option for some people. During open-heart valve ...

Where valves were damaged beyond repair, artificial valves were put in. Blocked arteries were bypassed. Weakened arteries were replaced altogether. Modern heart surgery seemed unstoppable.

A revolutionary new medical procedure gaining traction in the UAE allows patients to bypass the need for traditional heart ...

Capstan is combining surgical robots with catheter-based technology to provide a less invasive option for open heart surgery. The US-based startup will initially target mitral valve replacement ...

First of all, the valve can be folded to around 4 millimeters and implanted without open-heart surgery. It is essentially ... “Using the delivery catheter, the smallest delivery profile reported ...

The procedure uses a hollow tube called a catheter that’s guided through a blood vessel to the heart. The test gives cardiologists key details about the heart muscle, heart valves and vessels in ...

The Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve system provides a minimally invasive alternative for congenital heart ...

The Uganda Heart Institute on Tuesday unveiled a catheterization laboratory (CathLab), a specialised heart theatre in which minimally invasive procedures are performed to diagnose and treat ...