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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Transthoracic echocardiography showed an enlarged left atrium (46 mm) with an indexed volume of 63 mL/m 2, moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, a 76% left ventricular ejection fraction, ...

Traditionally, open heart surgery with surgical valve replacement was the primary treatment option for aortic stenosis. In this procedure, doctors make an incision in the chest to access the heart, ...

Varying rates of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) have been reported early after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with the Harmony valve, but data regarding rhythm outcomes ...

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital ’St. Ekaterina’, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria Background: Formation of local type aortic aneurysm ... CT scan imaging showing 65 mm ...

Only 10.3% of patients with SVD underwent reoperative aortic valve replacement; 11.4% died suddenly and another 11.4% died while on the wait list. There is a question of why 51.4% were not referred to ...