Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...

There are three main ... valve that does not fully open and thus partially obstructs the flow of blood from the left ventricle into the aorta during systole. Transscatheter aortic valve ...

This procedure may also be recommended for patients who have aortic valve disease or other conditions that affect the aortic arch. The main benefit ... of life after the surgery. Recovery from a ...

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Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

Originally, surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR ... unidirectional blood flow through the heart. Of the four main heart valves, the aortic valve plays an important part by regulating the ...

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

The last two decades have seen an increase in the use of biological over mechanical heart valve replacements. However, while ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

When the valve becomes too narrow it limits blood flow through the heart and to the main artery (blood ... who experience ...