PARTNER 3 may notch a win for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with low surgical risk, according to experts ...

LONDON -- It was best that people interrupt their oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy around the time they get transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, also TAVI), the POPular PAUSE TAVI trial ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX—More and more patients who undergo TAVI go on to have cardiac surgery, with high operative mortality, new data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery ...

Background Stroke after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an infrequent but serious complication with ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a procedure that can treat narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart. It involves an expandable replacement valve that helps improve blood flow. A ...

The heart team at University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, was in the midst of implanting a transcatheter aortic valve in an elderly patient when things went abruptly wrong. “The pacemaker happened to ...

PARIS — Despite some potential advantages, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) failed to meet the primary prespecified threshold for noninferiority to surgical aortic valve replacement in ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (WPVI) -- The TAVR procedure has revolutionized a challenging task in heart care: fixing stiff valves. And it has made the process much easier for patients, getting them back to ...

Introduction European valvular heart disease guidelines define women as a ‘special group’. To explore what factors have led ...

A new study compares edoxaban anticoagulant with the standard of care in large randomized clinical trial. The anticoagulant edoxaban may be just as effective as warfarin for preventing heart attack or ...

People not requiring anticoagulation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR or TAVI) had worse outcomes when given dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) instead of aspirin alone, the POPular ...