Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...

Folks discharged the same day as their heart valve replacement had similar outcomes as those who were eligible for same-day ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, has identified early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) in more than 6% of patients just one year after undergoing transcatheter aortic ...

Aortic stenosis is when the heart’s main valve becomes stiff and narrowed, making it harder for blood to flow to the rest of ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, a journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, has identified early hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) in more than 6% of patients just ...

Low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis show similar clinical outcomes and valve durability. HealthDay News — Seven-year follow-up data show that transcatheter aortic-valve ...

Five-year data from the PARTNER 3 trial showed that among low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, outcomes were similar among patients who had undergone transcatheter aortic-valve ...

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...

Aortic stenosis is a serious, progressive heart valve disease that mostly affects people over 80, though symptoms can appear ...

Doctors will replace Walters' aortic valve. May 11, 2010— -- Barbara Walters said on Monday that her upcoming heart surgery, a procedure known as an aortic valve replacement, will hopefully ...