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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 . SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients who underwent transcatheter valve-in-valve repair of a failed surgical mitral ...

PHOENIX -- Global experience with the novel Intrepid transapical transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) device through 2 years showed high risks of mortality and complications, raising concerns ...

Mitral valve replacement is where an artificial prosthetic valve (bioprosthetic or mechanical) is inserted by open heart surgery. It is most commonly done for severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation ...

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 ...

"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 ...