"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic ...

CoreValve or Evolut transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was associated with a lower 5-year incidence of bioprosthetic valve dysfunction than surgery. Valve dysfunction was also ...

Researchers at the Thoracic Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, have performed a study of patients who underwent bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had similar rates of death or disabling ...

The procedure that delivers a bioprosthetic device through flexible tube to a patient’s failing aortic valve didn’t originally have a name when it debuted more than 20 yours ago. Now—to the chagrin of ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's ...

Aortic valve stenosis” is an often-overlooked condition and a growing health concern in ageing societies such as Thailand.

Aortic valve debridement via surgery or ultrasound ... TAVR may also be considered as an alternative to SAVR in patients receiving bioprosthetic (but not mechanical) valves. However, because ...

For conditions such as truncus arteriosus and severe aortic stenosis without good ... including mechanical valves and bioprosthetic valves, some of which don’t even require open-heart surgery.

CALC is the principal failure mode of BHV fabricated from glutaraldehyde pretreated porcine aortic valves or bovine pericardium. Covalent binding of APD to residual glutaraldehyde in pericardial ...