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 ...

"The latest COMMENCE aortic trial data emphasizes the value of RESILIA tissue-based offerings in helping patients and their physicians with lifetime management of valve disease." ...

Aortic valve insufficiency (AVI) is also called aortic insufficiency or aortic regurgitation. Learn the symptoms and treatment options.

During aortic valve replacement surgery, a surgeon removes the diseased valve and replaces it with a prosthetic one. The new valve is either a mechanical valve or one made of biological tissue ...

If your doctor says you need surgery to replace your heart’s aortic valve, this is why you need it and what you can expect from the procedure and recovery.

Surgical bioprosthetic aortic valves made with bioengineered Resilia tissue (Edwards Lifesciences) appear to suffer less structural deterioration over 8 years compared with similar devices made of ...

Which surgeries are available to replace a non-functioning heart valve? Read on to learn more about the different procedures for heart valve replacement surgery.

The following report presents 3 cases of intravascular hemolysis that followed aortic-valve replacement with cusps composed of Dacron cloth impregnated with silicone rubber. 8,9 Hematologic data ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.