Mick Jagger’s recent heart surgery has spotlighted a medical procedure that is increasingly being touted as a less invasive alternative for patients suffering from heart-valve disease. Billboard ...
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The University of Virginia’s (UVA) Heart & Vascular Center is offering new hope for cardiac patients with a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery. The new ...
Rochester, N.Y. — Rochester Regional Health is celebrating a milestone. It has completed its 1,000th trans-catheter aortic valve replacement, also known as TAV-ER. The non-surgical procedure replaces ...
Doctors are grappling with how to manage the use of a new, less-invasive heart-valve procedure that is in high demand, but is relatively unproven for many patients. The procedure, which involves ...
Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, Calif., has successfully performed its first procedure using the Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve. Led by interventional cardiologist Teresa Evans, ...