"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...

Aortic valve-related death included aortic procedure-related death ... the following potential independent clinically relevant variables: age, sex, body mass index (BMI), echocardiographic parameters, ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve have a significantly ... always have a high index of suspicion ...

calcifications at the aortic valve commissures and leaflets, ‘aortic annulus eccentricity index’, ‘area cover index’, overlap between aortic prosthesis and anterior mitral leaflet. Post-procedural ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

The primary outcome was a composite of death from any cause or HF hospitalization. Aortic valve calcification might be less severe in LG AS than in HG AS when assessed by the CT calcium score of the ...

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). This alternative access procedure provides a critical, less ...