In EARLY TAVR, intervention improved outcomes over waiting in patients with class II or no indications for AVR consideration.

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.

HonorHealth Research Institute clinical trial, using non-surgical techniques, showed 86% of patients with a type of usually ...

Patients received a new treatment for heart valve disease, which did not require riskier open-heart surgery or travel to London. Five people from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Peterborough and ...

Structural valve deterioration computed tomographic (CT) images of a Sorin Freedom Solo stentless 23-mm bioprosthesis in aortic position. Note the thickening of the right coronary cusp (arrowheads) ...

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

Introduction. The prevalence of aortic stenosis is expected to increase with an ageing population, with previous studies showing a prevalence of 12.4% among individuals aged 75 years or above.1 Severe ...

Introduction In non-elderly adults, aortic valve replacement (AVR) with conventional prostheses yield poor long-term outcomes. Recent publications suggest a benefit of the Ross procedure over ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...