"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic ...

The artificial valve might be mechanical (made of man-made substances). Others are made out of animal tissue, often from a pig. Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new ...

Meril Life Sciences today announced one-year results from a pivotal trial evaluating its balloon-expandable Myval THV system.

Mitral valve replacement is a procedure whereby the diseased mitral valve of a patient's heart is replaced by either a mechanical or tissue (bioprosthetic) valve. A surgical procedure wherein a ...

Once again, data are suggesting that operators should move cautiously in bicuspid anatomy and think about surgery first.

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced new economic and clinical evidence on severe aortic stenosis (AS).

Recent FDA updates in the areas of cardiac intervention, hypertension and arrhythmia disorders expand the pool of available ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... and promptly connected to a mechanical ventilator (a machine that will help you breathe during the procedure).

Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace a diseased aortic valve without a median sternotomy. The first human TAVR was performed by Dr. Cribier in 2002. [33] There have ...

Frye Regional Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint facility and Duke Health affiliate in Heart in Hickory, has successfully ...

Aortic stenosis occurs when the orifice of the aortic valve is significantly reduced due to the failure of the aortic valve leaflets to open fully during systole. This causes an effective increase ...