MedPage Today

Evolut Low Risk TAVR Still Chugging Along, Now Halfway to Trial's Finish Line

CHICAGO -- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continued to hold its own against surgery for younger patients at low surgical risk, with the Evolut Low Risk trial now halfway to its goal of ...
TheHealthSite

Open-Heart Surgery Vs TAVR: Which Is Better for Heart Valve Replacement?

One of the most widespread and critical heart diseases is heart valve disease, and when the valves cease functioning, the heart will not be able to pump blood anymore. During the past several decades, ...
Business Wire

Pi-Cardia’s ShortCut™ Becomes First Leaflet Modification Technology to Receive CMS NTAP for Valve-in-Valve TAVR

BOSTON,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pi-Cardia Inc., a global leader in the development of leaflet modification solutions for treating heart valves, today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Nevada Appeal

Carson Tahoe Health completes 50th TAVR procedure

Carson Tahoe Health has completed its 50th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement procedure. TAVR is a minimally invasive procedure that replaces a narrowed aortic valve without the need for ...
The Business Journals

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center celebrates its 5,000th TAVR procedure

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center and its team of world ...
FierceBiotech

Boston Scientific’s TAVR hopes dashed again, as it pulls Acurate heart valves from global market

Boston Scientific is pulling its latest transcatheter aortic heart valve platform from the worldwide market and said it will no longer pursue an approval in the U.S., following recent stumbles in a ...
FierceBiotech

Edwards Lifesciences nets FDA approval opening up TAVR to patients before they show symptoms

Edwards Lifesciences has claimed a groundbreaking approval from the FDA that opens up its minimally invasive heart valve implants to patients before they begin to show cardiac symptoms. The company ...
Healio

FDA approves first TAVR platform to treat severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform was approved for severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis. Edwards ...
Healio

TAVR remains noninferior to surgery for low-risk patients at 5 years

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 5 years, there was no difference in death or disabling stroke between transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...
The Marietta Times

Memorial Health System celebrates 100th TAVR procedure

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology celebrated its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, performed by Dr. Jason Schott, interventional cardiologist, and Dr. Geoffrey R.
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The 1,000th TAVR procedure: A milestone of expertise and trust

The UHS Heart & Vascular Institute recently celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of their 1,000th TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) procedure. This achievement is more ...