The 8-year data may hold value for TAVI—the newest Sapien valve uses the same tissue—but many other variables differ.

Compared with usual care, a system of electronic provider notification more often enabled patients diagnosed with severe ...

Holston Valley Medical Center is the first hospital in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky to offer ...

Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of death or worsening heart failure in older patients with aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic-valve implantation.

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

For patients with symptomatic aortic regurgitation at high surgical risk, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement system ...

The aorta is widest at the point where it connects to the heart's left ventricle through the aortic valve; then, it gets progressively narrower as it descends into the abdomen. The aorta is divided ...

THE primary purpose of this report is to emphasize the relation of a high-pitched "squeaking" or "musical" systolic murmur to aortic stenosis and calcification of the aortic valve. This is not so ...

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 measuring the ...

Background: Following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, acute coronary obstruction is infrequent but potentially life-threatening, while delayed coronary obstruction is even more uncommon. Case ...