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 ...

PARIS, France—A meta-analysis of landmark clinical trials comparing TAVI against surgical aortic valve replacement across the surgical-risk spectrum of patients with severe aortic stenosis showed ...

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 ...

Findings from the PARTNER 2 randomized trial indicate that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is noninferior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in intermediate-risk patients with ...

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 ...

Prem Chopra recently underwent the TAVI - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – after being diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis, his son-in-law and actor Sharman Joshi informed. “On behalf of ...

Aortic stenosis occurs when the opening of the heart’s aortic valve becomes narrowed, restricting the blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive heart ...

A simpler alternative to open heart surgery is gaining popularity, but some find ​their new valves don’t last as long as they ...