Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

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 ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was superior to clinical ...

Whatever the cause, aortic stenosis can be a serious condition. If you have severe aortic stenosis, you may need surgery to repair or replace the valve.

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

after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is associated with a significantly lower incidence of six-month mortality and major bleeding risk compared to dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). The ...

[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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the SAPIEN 3 platform, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) therapy, for patients with severe aortic stenosis without symptoms. The ...

KUWAIT CITY, May 12: A national medical team has successfully conducted an aortic valve replacement surgery for a Kuwaiti patient in her eighties, utilizing the BASILICA and UNICORN techniques through ...