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, ...

Researchers support limiting these surgeries to centers that do the most cases, though true high-volume hospitals remain rare ...

The results underscore the need to perform CT imaging when deciding between procedures in patients with aortic stenosis.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was superior to surgical aortic valve replacement for reducing death, stroke or rehospitalization in women with severe aortic stenosis, according to late ...

Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ABT recently announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for treating symptomatic ...

Saint Alphonsus in Boise earned a three-star TAVR ranking from STS and ACC, placing it among the nation’s top heart programs ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need to be ...

The University Medical Centre in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully performed the 100th transcatheter aortic valve ...

The family of a woman who died days after undergoing a heart valve procedure at Castle Hill Hospital claimed they were promised it would extend her life, only for her to suffer a massive stroke from ...