Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... Before undergoing an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) procedure, always notify the doctor (or medical technician) ...

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

Computed tomography (CT) with or without contrast is the most common imaging study used to evaluate ... your surgeon will inspect your aortic valve to determine whether it can be spared or may need ...

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

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

[11,12] Surgical valve replacement essentially cures patients -- restoring an almost normal life expectancy. In elderly patients, however, there is often a reluctance to recommend aortic valve ...

This is the preferred method if chronic kidney disease prohibits the use of contrast imaging with CT ... bicuspid aortic valve etc...), then surgical repair is indicated.

Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages of 40 and 79. They found that in those aged 60 or younger, mechanical ...