New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required opening the patient’s chest through their sternum (breast bone). In many cases today, a minimally ...

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 ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is typically recommended for patients who have an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection that involves the ascending aorta and arch. This procedure may also be ...

The Waikato Hospital Cardiology team has recently celebrated their 1000th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure. Waikato Hospital Cardiologist and Director of Structural Heart ...