ROUEN, FRANCE — Congestive heart failure (CHF) brought one in four patients back to the hospital within a year of transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis, a new study ...
The results underscore the need to perform CT imaging when deciding between procedures in patients with aortic stenosis.
German researchers report success with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis-a special form of aortic stenosis that is difficult to ...
Saint Alphonsus in Boise earned a three-star TAVR ranking from STS and ACC, placing it among the nation’s top heart programs ...
TAVI is a safe alternative to redo cardiac surgery for failing bioprosthetic valves, according to new research. The findings suggest that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a treatment ...
The success of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is centred around the collaboration between cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists. A report from the German Quality Assurance ...
SAN ANTONIO, TX—More and more patients who undergo TAVI go on to have cardiac surgery, with high operative mortality, new data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery ...
Emboline, Inc., a leading innovator in full-body embolic protection devices for transcatheter procedures, today announced completion of patient enrollment in its Protect the Head to Head (ProtectH2H) ...
CHICAGO -- Non-cardiac co-morbidities such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and frailty are the main predictors of late mortality after transcatheter aortic valve ...
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) gives broadly comparable results to conventional open surgery, with equal efficacy, faster recovery time and improved quality of life at one year, ...
Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying valvular heart diseases, together with technological innovations and accumulating clinical experience, have led to great improvements in the ...