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 ...

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 ...

These latest data reinforce years of smaller studies, but whether they should change practice is a matter of debate.

TAVIPILOT Soft is said to be a ‘world-first’ provision for real-time surgical guidance during TAVI and TAVR procedures.

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

Doylestown Health’s Heart and Vascular Services team recently performed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at Doylestown Hospital. TAVR is an advanced, less-invasive treatment ...

Biology is like magic.” Up to 50 patients are taking part in the experimental treatment, where according to the Daily Mail, they will be given “temporary valves made from fibers that act as a ...

All the authors made contributions to subsequent drafts. The trial was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the institutional review ...

Once implanted, this scaffold attracts the patient’s own cells, facilitating the formation of a living valve made entirely of native tissue. Over time, the scaffold dissolves, leaving behind a fully ...

The catheter is then bent forward across the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and rotated counterclockwise after slightly easing the bend, and (2) assisting with TS puncture by slightly ...

In clinical trials, Barnacka said the device was able to capture a murmur in a patient with aortic stenosis, which is the narrowing of a heart valve ... if it were being made publicly available ...

Inclusion criteria included age between 18 and 80 years old, confirmed diagnosis of TAAD via thoracic and abdominal aortic CTA, and a preoperative cardiac ultrasound examination confirming the ...