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 ...

CHICAGO, IL—Five-year follow-up for patients with severe aortic stenosis and low surgical risk affirm the benefits of TAVI with a self-expanding, supra-annular valve compared with surgery, according ...

Same-day hospital discharge (SDD) is safe in selected patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

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 ...

Folks discharged the same day as their heart valve replacement had similar outcomes as those who were eligible for same-day ...

What if a tiny valve could give your mother a second chance at life, without open-heart surgery?” For thousands of patients ...

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 ...

In a major step forward toward advance cardiac care, Medanta-The Medicity, Noida, has successfully carried out its first ...