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

Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new valve may be mechanical or made of animal tissue, often from a pig. Your doctor will talk with you before surgery about which type ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... and often have other medical conditions that make them a better candidate for this type of surgery. Although ...

What is aortic valve replacement? In aortic valve replacement surgery, your aortic valve is replaced with a different valve—mechanical or tissue. This procedure may be necessary if you have a valve ...

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

There are four common types of aortic valve disease ... Advanced age should not be a factor in determining not to have aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. Patients in their 80s and even 90s ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is now FDA approved for those ... however, every other type of aortic stenosis is accompanied by significant calcification and this modality is generally ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

Aortic valve or root pathologies are addressed while the patient ... Fattouch K, Sampognaro R, Navarra E, et al. Long-term results after repair of type A acute aortic dissection according to false ...

Aortic stenosis is a type of valve disease. An open heart aortic valve replacement is the typical treatment for severe aortic valve stenosis, but it is not an option for people who are at risk for ...

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