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Over a Quarter of ‘Healthy’ Folks Over 60 Have Heart Valve Disease
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – Heart valve disease is much more common in aging adults that has been thought, a new study warns. More than a quarter of healthy and symptom-free people aged 60 and older had...
Use of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Up in Adults Younger Than 60
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – For patients aged younger than 60 years, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly used and has overtaken surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR),...
Updated Guidelines Issued for Assessing Prosthetic Heart Valves
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – In guidelines issued by the American Society of Echocardiography and published online in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography,...
Biorobotic Heart Imitates the Real Thing and Could Further Research
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 – A biorobotic heart that combines a biological pig heart with a silicone robotic pump is providing researchers with a new tool to understand and potentially treat heart...
Warfarin Cuts Mortality, Thromboembolism After Valve Replacement
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 – Warfarin use after bioprosthetic surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR) is associated with lower all-cause mortality and a decreased risk for thromboembolism compared with...
TCT: TAVR, SAVR Comparable for Severe Aortic Stenosis, Small Aortic Annulus
FRIDAY, Oct. 27, 2023 – For patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and small aortic annulus (SAA), valve hemodynamic results are comparable with use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement...
Long-Term, Real-World Survival Excellent for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 – In low-risk patients, long-term survival following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains excellent, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in the Annals of ...
Less Than One in Three Patients Participates in Cardiac Rehab Following TAVR
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 – Less than one-third of patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) appear to participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) within 90 days of discharge,...
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