From 2015 to 2020, the number of patients opting for valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV-TAVR) over redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) rose significantly, from 35.3% ...

NEW YORK, NY — Nearly 6% of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) will experience a late major bleeding complication, and these bleeding events are associated with a ...

A risk model allowing cardiologists and their patients to share decision-making about undergoing surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had received high marks for its accuracy in ...

The researchers looked at how many procedures each hospital performed and how often four outcomes--deaths, vascular complications, bleeding and stroke--occurred in the hospital following a TAVR ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) at the time of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) appeared as safe as TAVR alone, the WATCH-TAVR trial showed. For patients with ...

Patients with a dysfunctional aortic heart valve who received a new, prosthetic valve through a minimally invasive procedure had similar outcomes at five years as those who underwent open-heart ...

Before your blood gets pumped out of your heart to circulate through the body, it must pass through the aortic valve. If the aortic valve becomes narrowed or hardened, the condition known as aortic ...

In a significant milestone for cardiac care in eastern India, Peerless Hospital has successfully performed its first ...

Spring resident Vita Malloy is so averse to sitting still that she calls herself the Energizer Bunny. Malloy, 81, always says “yes” when a friend calls to ask if she’d like to go out for lunch or to a ...