ROUEN, FRANCE — Congestive heart failure (CHF) brought one in four patients back to the hospital within a year of transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis, a new study ...

The risks of in-hospital complications and mortality at 30 days were significantly higher in patients with severe aortic ...

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc. today announced successful results in an additional 5 patients implanted with the Optimum Transcatheter Aortic Valve (Optimum TAV™) ...

Aortic stenosis, a common yet often overlooked heart condition in seniors, can cause symptoms like breathlessness, dizziness, ...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) gives broadly comparable results to conventional open surgery, with equal efficacy, faster recovery time and improved quality of life at one year, ...

While many people fear a cancer diagnosis above all else, clinical data reveals that symptomatic aortic stenosis, a severe ...

The aortic valve is normally tricuspid or trileaflet. When two of the cusps are fused together, the valve becomes functionally “bicuspid.” Most commonly, the right and left coronary cusps are fused ...

Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying valvular heart diseases, together with technological innovations and accumulating clinical experience, have led to great improvements in the ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...