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, ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—A risk model based on data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) ...

Principal investigator Dr Craig Smith (Columbia University, New York, NY) presented the one-year results here at the American College of Cardiology 2011 Scientific Sessions/i2 Summit today. Those ...

Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following ...

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 ...

PHOENIX, AZ—Patients who require cardiac surgery on another valve after initially being treated with TAVI have very high operative morbidity and mortality, with a 30-day death rate exceeding 17%, ...

A study has shown that a less invasive heart procedure for a common condition is just as effective as conventional open-heart surgery. A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health ...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive heart valve disease that leads to the narrowing of the aortic valve opening, restricting blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.

Kannur Medical College Hospital performs Kerala's first motorised TAVI in the government sector, advancing public cardiac ...

People who underwent a minimally invasive procedure to have their heart's aortic valve replaced had similar health outcomes years after treatment as people who had surgery, Cedars-Sinai investigators ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the UK TAVI randomized pragmatic trial of older real-world patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, ...