Edwards Lifesciences’ EW fourth-quarter performance was backed by its most comprehensive structural heart disease portfolio. The Surgical Structural Heart business is benefiting from the strong ...

This multicenter study sheds more light on sex-based differences in aortic stenosis (AS) and argues the benefits of using ...

Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Valve thrombosis can occur in mechanical prosthetic valves and is increasingly recognised in transcatheter and surgically implanted bioprosthetic valves. The risk of thrombosis of mechanical valves is ...

Pros of Artificial Valve Replacement Mechanical heart valves are less likely to require additional surgery to replace in the future than biological prosthetic (bioprosthetic) valves. Very strong. A ...

The sutureless aortic valves implanted surgically have provided ... There are a number of theoretical concerns with the sutureless bioprosthesis. Since all of these devices require crimping ...

There is no difference in SLT rates between TAVR and bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). 7 The diagnosis of SLT is incidental in follow-up CT scans. Due to poor spatial resolution ...

"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement," said Dr. Michael Bowdish, lead author of the study ...