Choosing the optimal aortic valve prosthesis for middle-aged patients (late 40s to early 60s) with aortic stenosis presents a challenge. The available options all have substantial drawbacks that must ...

Among individuals 65 years and older, as many as 30 percent have aortic valve sclerosis or stenosis and as a result of their deteriorating health, they cannot enjoy a normal lifestyle. Physicians ...

In patients who have undergone transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the presence of an imbalance between prosthesis functioning and body size can lessen the positive hemodynamic impact of ...

Prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction is a rare, but potentially life-threatening, complication. In clinical practice, PHV dysfunction poses a diagnostic dilemma. Echocardiography and fluoroscopy ...

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(12):764-765. We believe that strategies to avoid or reduce the severity of PPM should be individualized and take into account multiple variables, such as patient ...

Isolated absence of the opening click of the mitral disk-valve prosthesis was noted in six patients subsequently found to have suture disruption. Of five reoperated on, four survived.

Patients with failure of a surgical aortic bioprosthesis—which frequently occurs 10 to 15 years after surgery—fare worse after a transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) fix if the original valve ...

Researchers may have found a way to boost the success of transcatheter aortic valve replacements, thanks to advances in 3-D printing technology. Share on Pinterest Researchers say that their ...

AUSTRALIA: Perceval S prosthesis is indicated for the replacement of a diseased native or a malfunctioning prosthetic aortic valve via open heart surgery. The prosthesis is indicated in patients who ...

A new research found that patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) suffer an increased risk of death and heart failure. A new research found that patients who undergo a ...