For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s posted fourth quarter results slightly ahead of expectations, but indicated that the first quarter of 2025 might not be as bright. The company expects growth for both its ...

Overall, Edwards enjoys a great deal of financial flexibility that would allow for more substantial acquisitions, if those opportunities were to arise. Edwards Lifesciences has come to dominate ...

Background Current guidelines recommend transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI ... absence of procedural mortality and correct positioning of a single prosthetic heart valve into the proper ...

Bengaluru: Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive ...

The HII® is made of a porcine aortic valve fixed in glutaraldehyde and mounted on a low-profile stent comprised of an acetyl homopolymer (Delrin®). This bioprosthesis has a comparatively lower ...

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Mechanical surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) was associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients ≤60 years old compared with bioprosthetic AVR, according to a study on the longitudinal ...

All compounds are either investigational or being studied for (a) new use(s). Efficacy and safety have not been established. There is no guarantee that they will become commercially available for the ...

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