A simpler alternative to open heart surgery is gaining popularity, but some find ​their new valves don’t last as long as they ...
A blunt traumatic injury to the aorta is one of the leading causes of death following a vehicle crash. University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have published a review of treatments for this ...
Doctors at the Orlando Health Heart Institute are offering a new minimally invasive system to treat patients with narrowed, failing aortic heart valves who are considered to be at high risk to undergo ...
New research found that public interest in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) increased substantially over the ...
A study conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore concludes that an uncommonly used surgical procedure that bypasses a narrowed aortic valve, rather than replacing it, ...
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — Al Cover is walking and exercising again the way he was a few years ago. “I'm back to where I was before, doing hills. And in my work, my partners recognize the increase in my ...
Edwards Lifesciences ($EW) has snagged FDA approval for its minimally invasive aortic valve system, two years after securing a CE mark for the device. Requiring ...
U-M study shows a wide range of problems in body's largest artery can be treated with a minimally invasive procedure Tens of thousands of Americans live with a ticking time bomb in their chests. Now, ...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — The options for cardiovascular procedures have expanded over the last decade. Among options for patients with aortic stenosis - a minimally invasive procedure known as ...
Charles Fieglein, 66, leads an active life, repairing power lines and motorcycling along Tristate roads on his days off. When TriHealth doctors found a growing bulge in Fieglein’s abdominal aorta in ...
An uncommonly used surgical procedure that bypasses a narrowed aortic valve, rather than replacing it, effectively restores blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body and gives high-risk ...