TCTMD

Surgical Aortic Valve Repair Effective, Durable in Experienced Hands

Surgical aortic valve repair can effectively reduce aortic regurgitation (AR), with only one in 10 patients needing reoperation for valve dysfunction within a decade after treatment, according to a ...
UUHC Health Feed

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement—Is It Right For Me?

Just a few years ago, treating critical aortic stenosis required surgery. Now, there’s transcatheter aortic valve replacement, which allows for treatment of the heart’s blocked valve without actual ...

Study establishes new risk model for surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following ...
Healio

Obesity causally linked to aortic valve stenosis, replacement

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a genetic predisposition for obesity may have an increased risk for aortic valve stenosis and ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Aortic Valve Repair

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...
Medscape

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the right upper sternal border, that peaks late and radiates to the right carotid artery. [10] The carotid ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Transcatheter, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement Show Similar 7-Year Results

Low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis show similar clinical outcomes and valve durability. HealthDay News — Seven-year follow-up data show that transcatheter aortic-valve ...
UUHC Health Feed

Treating Aortic Valve Problems - Is TAVR for Me?

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, is a minimally invasive heart procedure that replaces a thickened aortic valve that can't fully open (aortic stenosis). The procedure restores proper ...
TCTMD

Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Aortic Valve Replacement Declining but Tied to Poorer Survival

Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after surgical aortic valve replacement has become less common over time, but it remains associated with worsened clinical outcomes, a new study shows. Also, a second ...
Healio

Aortic valve replacement benefit uncertain in asymptomatic disease with myocardial fibrosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and myocardial fibrosis did not have better clinical outcomes ...
Scientific American

What is aortic valve replacement surgery?

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Healthline

Aortic Valve Disease

Aortic valve disease is a condition that occurs when your aorta (the main artery of your body) and left ventricle (the lower left chamber of your heart) malfunction. The aortic valve determines how ...