Transcatheter aortic valves in the mitral position are linked to high technical success rate and fewer in-hospital deaths ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The rising prevalence of aortic stenosis, growing adoption of minimally invasive heart valve procedures, and increasing approvals for lower-risk patients are ...

Heart valve disease treatment options like repair or replacement depend on valve type, severity, age and overall health.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a procedure that can treat narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart. It involves an expandable replacement valve that helps improve blood flow. A ...

When replacing the aortic valve, a small aortic root can limit the size of the prosthetic valve that can be implanted. If the ...

In cases of serious aortic valve disease, choosing a new heart valve is particularly difficult for young women who wish to become pregnant. A new Swedish registry study from Karolinska Institutet ...

NEW YORK, July 28, 2015 – NYU Langone Medical Center this week became the first academic medical center in the United States to implant a newly FDA-approved heart valve for transcatheter aortic valve ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

People who underwent a minimally invasive procedure to have their heart's aortic valve replaced had similar health outcomes years after treatment as people who had surgery, Cedars-Sinai investigators ...

Janice Couch, 62, a retired pre-school teacher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is finally physically ready to receive two procedures that stand to change her life, thanks to Henry Ford Health ...

The Ross procedure, which can be used to treat young people with severe aortic valve disease, has seen wide swings in popularity over the years, but now, with consistent data on long-term survival and ...

Infective endocarditis after TAVR was less common than after SAVR in 373,946 US valve replacements. Read more.