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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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 ...
Baylor College of Medicine4y
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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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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CABG plus surgical AVR may suit certain older patients with aortic stenosis, CAD
CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...
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Repair of Aortic Coarctation
Aortic coarctation ... chest x-ray, cardiac catheterization, carotid arterial duplex ultrasound, and echocardiography to assess the cardiac valves. Pulmonary function testing is important as well.
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New study finds mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60 and younger
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...
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Serious consequences of delayed aortic valve replacement in pandemic spelled out
Two research letters published today in JAMA Network Open describe the serious ramifications of deferring transaortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis ...
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Aortic Valve Regurgitation or Insufficiency
Aortic insufficiency is a heart valve disease in which the aortic valve does not close ... Now that antibiotics are used to treat rheumatic fever, other causes are more commonly seen. A chest X-ray ...
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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 ...
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Patient-prosthesis mismatch following aortic valve replacement
0.65 cm 2 /m 2 following aortic valve replacement (AVR). This review examines articles from the past 10 years addressing the prevalence, outcomes and options for prevention and treatment of PPM after ...
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
The open repair is the surgical standard for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). EVAR requires only small incisions in the groin. Using X-ray guidance and ...