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) ...

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

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

UVM Medical Center is the only Vermont hospital offering Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) This new heart ...

Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace ... Patients eligible for TAVR require imaging to precisely measure the size of the aortic annulus in order to determine the ...

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 ...

[6] Truncal valves are most commonly trileaflet but may be bicuspid or quadracuspid too; the valve can be stenotic and/or regurgitant. TA can also be associated with aortic interruption or ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...