Although the STS score is adapted to surgical aortic valve replacement both this score ... discussions remain mandatory for provision of a prosthesis for a particular patient from the manufacturer.

With regional differences in which name is used for the aortic fix, some say unity is needed. Others can live with both.

A device designed to remove embolic material—fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—did not result in a reduction in the ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

and small aortic annulus. According to further trial findings, the Evolut TAVR showed a fivefold reduction in prosthetic valve thrombosis and a ninefold decrease in haemodynamic structural valve ...

and was replaced with a 3M Starr–Edwards prosthesis. The pulmonary artery was dilated, with marked bulging of the sinuses. The aortic valve was normal and did not leak during the bypass.

There were no differences at 2 years between the groups for the individual endpoints of mortality, cardiovascular mortality, heart failure rehospitalization, or aortic ... of what valve platform they ...