The mouth is often described as a window to overall health and for good reason. A growing body of research reveals a ...

A trend toward higher mortality in women with PPM who received a self-expanding valves deserves more scrutiny, though.

PREGNANCY in women with prosthetic heart valves carries significant risks, with mechanical valves linked to higher ...

The mouth is often described as a window to overall health—and for good reason. A growing body of research reveals a ...

Peter Winks, who has to let his horses do the talking after a life-saving operation to have his vocal cords removed, hopes ...

Edwards’ SAPIEN 3 platform becomes the first TAVR system approved by the FDA for asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients ...

Registry study of 600-plus pregnancies represents the largest cohort of pregnant women with a prosthetic heart valve. However scant, the available data on pregnant women with prosthetic valves did ...

However scant, the available data on pregnant women with prosthetic valves did suggest worse outcomes with mechanical prosthetics and low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)-based anticoagulation. In a ...

People with pre-existing valve abnormalities, prosthetic valves, or congenital heart defects are particularly vulnerable. For patients with prosthetic valves or certain heart conditions ...

New data finds women 8% more likely to experience major complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) ...