With regional differences in which name is used for the aortic fix, some say unity is needed. Others can live with both.

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage ...

Although the STS score is adapted to surgical aortic valve replacement both this score ... discussions remain mandatory for provision of a prosthesis for a particular patient from the manufacturer.

We should also emphasize that implantation of a small prosthesis does not necessarily result in PPM, and can be perfectly adequate in a patient with small body size. In conclusion, PPM is a ...

and small aortic annulus. According to further trial findings, the Evolut TAVR showed a fivefold reduction in prosthetic valve thrombosis and a ninefold decrease in haemodynamic structural valve ...

Evolut showed less bioprosthetic valve dysfunction, prosthetic valve thrombosis and haemodynamic structural valve dysfunction ...

Their ‘supra-annular sizing’ algorithm 2 has led to more stable valve deployment and optimized interaction between the prosthesis and the aortic root. “With this new sizing algorithm ...

There were no differences at 2 years between the groups for the individual endpoints of mortality, cardiovascular mortality, heart failure rehospitalization, or aortic ... of what valve platform they ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...