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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 ...
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 animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...
Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Dr. Ron Aviles explains available procedures and recovery time for those with heart and vascular conditions. Sponsored by Overlake Medical Center and Clinics.
Medscape8d
Surgeons Headed to LA Amid Fires Threat
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons kicks off a fire response fund with a $100,000 donation. One surgeon called the upcoming ...
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Microplastics in Water; New NCD for CardioMEMS; Valve Surgery Amid Los Angeles Fires
Cedars-Sinai shared the story of a Hollywood writer who kept his appointment for mitral valve surgery right after escaping ...
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St. Luke’s robot-aided heart surgery a first in Southeast Asia
For patients suffering from severe heart disease, the thought of getting an open bypass surgery may be terrifying—and it’s ...
Edwards Lifesciences downgraded at Wolfe on TAVR worries
Edwards Lifesciences (EW) stock faces a downgrade at Wolfe due to concerns over its TAVR market prospects. Read more here.
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Abstract 236: Delayed Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome with Large Vessel Occlusion after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
However, we present an atypical case of fat embolism associated with LVO, one week after surgical aortic valve replacement surgery ... orthopedic surgery, or mitral valve replacement, disseminate into ...
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Link between gene duplications and deletions within chromosome region and nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease
Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease.
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Aortic Valve Calcification: Clarifying Severity and Prognosis in Low-Flow Aortic Stenosis
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. (B.E.-S., B.R ...
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Mechanism of Closure of the Aortic Valve
THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...
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Atrial Fibrillation and Mitral Valve Repair
In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of AF may be associated with increased mortality and morbidity and this is also the case in patients in whom AF persists postoperatively.