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

Ed Fulcher, 90, a lifelong resident of Morehead City, works every day in his home shop building model boats for sale. About a year ago, Fulcher noticed he couldn’t work in his shop more than 15 ...

Valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter procedures for a failed aortic bioprosthesis are associated with a lower risk of in-hospital mortality compared with a repeat surgical aortic valve replacement, but ...

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You may not need surgery to repair an aortic valve. A nonsurgical catheter procedure with small incisions may be a better option in some cases. Share on Pinterest Getty Images When the aortic valve in ...

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 ...