Additionally, the network meta-analysis of various surgical techniques for aortic valve replacement confirmed that while mid-term mortality rates were comparable, mini-sternotomy was associated ...

With the greater use of MIAVR, there is a growing understanding of the outcomes following MIAVR compared with traditional aortic valve replacement (AVR) with median sternotomy, including survival ...

These valves can either be implanted surgically through a sternotomy ... mini-thoracotomy), but also percutaneously through a transfemoral approach. They can be implanted after removal of the ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

ccf.org Contemporary indications for mitral valve repair in patients ... results compared with sternotomy approaches. In this review, we delineate different aspects of mini-thoracotomy and robotic ...

The neo-aortic valve in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is largely preserved: a serial follow-up CMR study ...

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

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

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

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