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New study finds mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60 and younger
A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...
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Ross Procedure Making a Comeback in Aortic Valve Disease
New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...
Baylor College of Medicine4y
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / TAVR
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...
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60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...
Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from ...
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Serious consequences of delayed aortic valve replacement in pandemic spelled out
Two research letters published today in JAMA Network Open describe the serious ramifications of deferring transaortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis ...
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Patient-prosthesis mismatch following aortic valve replacement
0.65 cm 2 /m 2 following aortic valve replacement (AVR). This review examines articles from the past 10 years addressing the prevalence, outcomes and options for prevention and treatment of PPM after ...
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SGMC Health performs its first alternative access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center6y
Aortic Valve Disease
To help control any symptoms you are having, medications may be prescribed, including: ACE inhibitors Calcium channel blockers Diuretics If damage to your aortic valve is severe, surgery may be ...
wexnermedical.osu4y
Aortic Valve Regurgitation or Insufficiency
Aortic insufficiency is a heart valve disease in which the aortic valve does not close ... Now that antibiotics are used to treat rheumatic fever, other causes are more commonly seen. A chest X-ray ...