CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Morton Plant Hospital is the first hospital in the Tampa Bay area to perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) by the transapical approach. Transapical TAVR is the ...

November 10, 2011 (San Francisco) — Quality-of-life (QoL) data from the PARTNER A trial should prompt a "rethink" of how many transcatheter aortic-valve implantations (TAVI) are performed via the ...

A modified approach to transapical aortic valve replacement that facilitates precise prosthesis positioning results in fewer and milder instances of paravalvular regurgitation, similar to surgery, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the first patient implant of its 23 mm Portico™ Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve ...

VANCOUVER — Implanting another valve within a dysfunctional mitral prosthesis via a transapical approach has favorable midterm clinical outcomes, with more than 90% of patients alive after a median ...

Barcelona, Spain, 30 August: "Today, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) represents an effective therapeutic alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for patients who are at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stroke rates at 30 days after transcatheter aortic valve replacement were similar across a number of comparisons ...

Aortic stenosis is a common heart disease that results in a fixed obstruction of the left ventricle and presents with angina, syncope, congestive heart failure or sudden death. About 3% of the general ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has evolved as a viable therapeutic option for high-risk, elderly patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis in select cardiac centers with experience of the ...

"Today, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) represents an effective therapeutic alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for patients who are at high risk or with ...