MiRus announced new early feasibility study results supporting the use of its Siegel transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

A true test of durability will take many more years, but if the valve holds up, it’s “potentially a game changer,” say ...

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Objective To determine the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in a high-risk aortic stenosis (AS) population.

Background On echocardiography approximately one-third of patients with severe aortic valve stenosis based on aortic valve area (AVA<1.0 cm2) demonstrate a non-severe mean pressure gradient (ΔPm; ≤40 ...

A medical patient from Peterborough is among the first to receive a pioneering treatment for heart valve disease.

Yang noted that SAVR and TAVR on their own just put valves in without any change in annular structure. Surgeons often turn ...

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't even realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated? Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns has the answers ...

In the setting of aortic or mitral valve disease, left‐sided pressure overload is transmitted across the pulmonary vasculature, with pulmonary hypertension being independently associated with worse ...

Aortic stenosis is 1 of the most common heart valve diseases among adults. When symptoms develop, prognosis is poor, and current guidelines recommend prompt aortic valve replacement. Depending of the ...

In the healthy aortic valve, VICs function as resident fibroblast-like cells, maintaining tissue structure and homeostasis (Cirka et al., 2015). However, various environmental stimuli, including ...