a condition marked by the narrowing of the aortic valve, which impedes blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. TAVR offers a minimally invasive alternative to traditional open-heart ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

TCT 76: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in High-Risk Patients With High Syntax Score Left Main Coronary Disease: 17-Year Long-Term Follow-Up Real World Experience of a Single Center Without On-Site ...

The use of a balloon-expandable valve in tricuspid valve-in-valve (ViV ... Another study compared percutaneous annuloplasty and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) for severe tricuspid ...

In moderate cases of aortic stenosis, people may need to monitor the condition and follow a heart-healthy lifestyle. In severe cases, people may need an aortic valve replacement.

Current techniques use physician-modified or a combination of endograft and transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems. These approaches are far from standardized and have only been reported ...