Minimally invasive heart procedures are life-changing for those deemed ineligible for open heart surgery
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 ...
Multisociety taskforce develops new standards to monitor adults with heart valve disease
The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has developed a globally inclusive standard dataset of ...
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Promising Results for ACURATE neo2 TAVI in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis
ACURATE neo2 TAVI achieves high success in severe bicuspid aortic stenosis, demonstrating strong 30-day safety and efficacy.
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Encouraging DOAC Data for Afib With Various Valvular Heart Diseases
For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appeared to offer better prevention of stroke and thromboembolic events ...
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Aortic dilatation patterns and rates in adults with bicuspid aortic valves: a comparative study with Marfan syndrome and degenerative aortopathy
2 Centre National de Référence pour le syndrome de Marfan et apparentés, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Paris, France Background Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is related to aortic dilatation, but patterns/rates ...
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Feasibility and Performance of Noninvasive Ultrasound Therapy in Patients With Severe Symptomatic Aortic Valve Stenosis:
As cavitation bubbles collapse, they produce shock waves inducing mechanical softening of the targeted calcified valve leaflet. Therapeutic dose was estimated as the mean acoustic focal energy (J/mm2) ...
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Mechanical and surgical bioprosthetic valve thrombosis
Valve thrombosis can occur in mechanical prosthetic valves and is increasingly recognised in transcatheter and surgically implanted bioprosthetic valves. The risk of thrombosis of mechanical valves is ...
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Prosthetic Heart Valves, Part I: Identification and Potential Complications
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 valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged
A study presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements ... analysis to date of prosthetic valve outcomes, encompassing ...
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Mechanical aortic valves showed improved long-term survival in patients aged 60 and younger
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve ... analysis to date of prosthetic valve outcomes ...
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60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
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