While it’s possible to protect the coronary ostia, sometimes with a stent and sometimes with leaflet modification, it might be in patients’ best interest if the heart team goes with surgical aortic ...

Among a group of high-risk patients who developed infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation, cardiac surgery failed to improve clinical outcomes when compared with ...

LONDON — Continuing oral anticoagulant drugs rather than briefly stopping them during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) failed to provide any benefits and, in fact, increased the risk for ...

What follows is an outsider's report on the next big phase of cardiology—the percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. I have little doubt that in 5 to 10 years, transcutaneous valves will be ...

With careful selection, same-day hospital discharge was found to be feasible and safe in around one-fifth of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a study presented today at ...

A significant advancement in cardiac care, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is increasingly being adopted as a ...

What if a tiny valve could give your mother a second chance at life, without open-heart surgery?” For thousands of patients in Thailand living with severe heart valve disease, this is no longer just a ...

A study has shown that a less invasive heart procedure for a common condition is just as effective as conventional open-heart surgery. A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health ...