People with severe aortic stenosis, a condition where the heart’s aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow, can already undergo a less invasive and faster procedure compared to traditional ...
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace your aortic valve. The aortic valve controls blood flow from your heart to your aorta, the main artery that ...
While many people fear a cancer diagnosis above all else, clinical data reveals that symptomatic aortic stenosis, a severe ...
Many patients who need a new aortic heart valve can have it safely implanted with a nonsurgical alternative to valve replacement through a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement or ...
A team of cardiologists emphasized the importance of offering modern surgical options custom-tailored and curated for each ...
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 ...
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Geoffrey R. Cousins, MD, FACS, left, and Interventional Cardiologist Jason Schott, DO, mark the 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure performed at Memorial ...
When Helga Abela of Redford was 60 years old, a faulty aortic valve made it difficult for her to catch her breath and just get through daily life. She was living in Traverse City at the time and her ...
There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...