The median time from baseline to the follow-up CT scan was 14.0 years. Of the 702 people without calcification at baseline, 59.1% had AVC on the follow-up ... a notion supported by the observation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using echocardiography, cardiac CT and X-ray, the researchers observed an approximately 70% slowing in plaque progression compared with placebo and improvements in aortic valve area and left ...