Pretranscatheter aortic valve replacement-CT angiography safely deferred the need for invasive coronary angiography in 53% of patients, according to a study published May 21 in Circulation ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — A new analysis of clinical and registry data suggests a troubling finding with the implantation of bioprosthetic aortic valves, either with surgery or via the catheter-based ...

May 11, 2010— -- Barbara Walters said on Monday that her upcoming heart surgery, a procedure known as an aortic valve replacement, will hopefully correct a problem of which she and her ...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement provides new options for heart valve replacement. PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (WPVI) -- The TAVR procedure has revolutionized a challenging task in heart care ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative to surgery in patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis, on the basis of clinical evidence from multiple randomized trials. 1-12 ...

With this in mind, the researchers used preprocedural CT imaging to develop a model of the aortic root in nine patients with bicuspid aortic valves. Dowling said they then performed finite element ...