PRO-TAVI trial shows net clinical benefit compared with PCI before valve replacement ...

The results, which are mostly relevant to an older population, address a common dilemma for aortic stenosis patients with CAD ...

Coronary artery disease frequently accompanies severe aortic stenosis and is identified in up to half of patients referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).1 Yet the optimal ...

The question remains: what will it take to prove that any protection device is having a meaningful impact on stroke risk?

Early valve replacement surgery for very severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis was tied to lower long-term mortality risk ...

At 10 years, early surgery continues to have a mortality benefit when compared with conservative care for asymptomatic aortic ...

Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ABT recently announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for treating symptomatic ...

With careful selection, same-day hospital discharge was found to be feasible and safe in around one-fifth of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a study presented today at ...

Aortic regurgitation (AR) is the leakage of blood backwards from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole (when the heart relaxes and fills with blood). It develops when the aortic valve ...

Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.

The Ross procedure, which can be used to treat young people with severe aortic valve disease, has seen wide swings in popularity over the years, but now, with consistent data on long-term survival and ...