One of the primary challenges of percutaneous valve ... which a prosthetic valve loaded onto a balloon catheter can be passed over a wire across the stenotic aortic valve. The other great ...

John probably has the largest experience in North America in terms of percutaneous aortic valve replacement and now he and his team are gaining experience with percutaneous mitral valve repair ...

The patient had undergone transfemoral percutaneous aortic valve replacement via a 9-F sheath 2 days previously due to high-grade aortic stenosis. Clinical examination revealed swelling of the ...

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The surgery is termed as percutaneous aortic valve replacement. This technique, called the key- hole technique, was first performed in France. The novelty of this surgery is that it avoids open ...

Surgical intervention to repair or replace the aortic valve is another option. In some cases, a person may need emergency surgery. Aortic regurgitation occurs when the leaflets that close the ...

Over the past year, Haemonetics has reshaped its product portfolio through restructuring and M&A, adding devices used in ...

In a finding that challenges conventional thinking on when people with failing heart valves but no symptoms should get ...

Surgical revision after percutaneous mitral valve repair with a clip: initial multicenter experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Dec;80(6):2338-42.

The RHEIA trial studied women with severe aortic stenosis and found that participants preferred transcatheter aortic valve replacement over surgical valve replacement.

The patient had undergone transfemoral percutaneous aortic valve replacement via a 9-F sheath 2 days previously due to high-grade aortic stenosis. Clinical examination revealed swelling of the ...

In that surgery, called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), cardiologists move a replacement valve through a patient’s groin and thread it all the way to the heart. For the new trial ...