Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

Total Aortic Arch Replacement is a surgical procedure that involves replacing the entire aortic arch, which is the curved portion of the aorta that extends from the heart. This procedure is typically ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health have developed an innovative tool that simulates blood flow in the aorta ... will flow after a valve replacement, guiding clinicians ...

The number of artificial prosthetic replacement parts available for the ... which supplies the entire body with oxygenated blood via the aorta. Looking at the heart mechanistically, it’s easy ...

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 ...

Washington Surgeon Charles Hufnagel overcame this intolerance in 1952, when he implanted the first artificial aortic valves ... to provoke clotting. As a replacement for bone in 700,000 operations ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

The only treatment for advanced heart failure, other than a transplant, is pump replacement through an artificial heart ... "The pump pushes blood into the aorta, bypassing the heart," he said.

Dr. Shetty's team followed 252 patients who underwent the Ross procedure, a heart valve replacement operation commonly used to treat younger patients with severe aortic valve disease. During the ...