Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following ...
Several medical societies supported extending Medicare coverage for TAVR to patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis, but ...
For all the innovation, engineering, and miniaturization that has helped to refine surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement over the last few decades, they still fall short of ideal. That ...
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 ...
Background While female sex has historically been associated with worse outcomes following surgical aortic valve replacement, ...
Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients’ symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients over 80 may result in ...
For patients with a degenerated surgically implanted aortic bioprosthesis who are not candidates for reoperation, transarterial implantation of a CoreValve replacement may be a safe and effective ...
Choosing the optimal aortic valve prosthesis for middle-aged patients (late 40s to early 60s) with aortic stenosis presents a challenge. The available options all have substantial drawbacks that must ...
Aortic valve disease is a condition that occurs when your aorta (the main artery of your body) and left ventricle (the lower left chamber of your heart) malfunction. The aortic valve determines how ...