Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...

HonorHealth Research Institute clinical trial, using non-surgical techniques, showed 86% of patients with a type of usually ...

Patients received a new treatment for heart valve disease, which did not require riskier open-heart surgery or travel to London. Five people from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Peterborough and ...

Yang noted that SAVR and TAVR on their own just put valves in without any change in annular structure. Surgeons often turn ...

Introduction In non-elderly adults, aortic valve replacement (AVR) with conventional prostheses yield poor long-term outcomes. Recent publications suggest a benefit of the Ross procedure over ...

Abstract Aortic valve replacement with mechanical or biological heart valves is the treatment of choice for aortic valve stenosis when it is symptomatic or with severe aortic stenosis (≤ 0.6 cm ...

Introduction: Stentless aortic valves have been developed to overcome the obstructive limitations associated with stented bioprostheses. The Freedom Solo (FS) bovine pericardial valve is a third ...

A CT scan of a 64-year-old patient with heart failure showing calcification of the aortic valve, bright white, in center, which can lead to aortic valve stenosis. Zephyr/Science Source ...

Aims: The authors investigated the additive prognostic value of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) to Euroscore in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) Methods and ...