In the new posthoc subanalysis, investigators led by Vinod H. Thourani, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA), compared 341 TAVR patients with patients receiving either ...

The UK Mini Mitral trial, showing that mitral valve repair with the less invasive minithoracotomy approach achieved similar outcomes compared with sternotomy, has now been published. The trial ...

Almost 60% required full sternotomy, 33% required mini upper sternotomy and 8% right anterior thoracotomy. Thirty-day mortality was 0.8% and 96.4% were alive at the end of the first year post-surgery.

The TRANSFORM trial was designed to evaluate the safety and performance of an investigational rapid deployment aortic valve replacement system for patients with severe aortic stenosis. Presented ...

Repeat sternotomy for aortic valve replacement safe option for octogenarian patients Date: March 26, 2014 Source: American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) ... FULL STORY. Surgical aortic ...

Sternotomy typically requires about six days in the hospital, and six to eight weeks of recovery. For the minimally invasive procedure, the hospital stay is about three to four days, and full ...

Most patients who have mitral valve leaks are candidates for mitral valve repair or replacement surgery. The options are: Full sternotomy — The surgeon will make an eight- to 10-inch incision down the ...

Akowuah and colleagues reported that difference in change in physical function from baseline to 12 weeks between patients who underwent minimally invasive mitral valve repair and those who ...

The first clinical trial of a full-support VAD using an implant technique other than sternotomy, the HVAD LATERAL Study is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm clinical trial that was designed to ...