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 ...

The quality of valve surgery itself was ... In the years before open-heart surgery, Hufnagel developed such a device to palliate aortic regurgitation in the form of an acrylic tube implanted ...

Capstan is combining surgical robots with catheter-based technology to provide a less invasive option for open heart surgery.

Advancements in medical technology have made it possible to replace heart valves using the TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

But six months later I had a routine health check and was told I had a heart murmur and must see a cardiologist. He discovered that my aortic valve was ... told me only surgery could correct ...

A Scottsdale hospital became the first non-clinical trial site in Arizona to perform a tricuspid heart valve replacement.

However, due to previous open-heart surgery, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and Transcatheter Mitral Valve ...

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith completed the USMC's grueling annual fitness test a year after suffering ...

She was given the option of open-heart surgery or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and, after speaking to Lindley, she decided on the TAVR route. She was amazed at how quickly she felt better.

The randomized, multi-center trial included approximately 400 adults in Japan who had bioprosthetic heart valve replacement surgery at the aortic and ... that it was open label, meaning all ...

US medical device giant Edwards Lifesciences has said patients are experiencing “outstanding one-year outcomes” and lower ...

Edge-to-edge repair (TEER) surgery is a minimally invasive procedure for high-risk heart valve disease patients, or those experiencing issues with one of the four valves, or doors, of the heart. TEER ...