The UHS Heart & Vascular Institute recently celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of their 1,000th TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) procedure. This achievement is more ...

In the United States, cardiovascular health is especially important. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and as many as 1.5 million people have been diagnosed with aortic stenosis ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After 7 years, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remains equivalent to surgery with respect to durability and safety in low-risk patients, a finding that may blunt ...

OSF HealthCare Foundation celebrated the completion of the 2,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure at ...

CHICAGO — Five years after treatment, patients with severe aortic stenosis had comparable rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke, whether they received transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...

Findings from a trial led by Cleveland Clinic show that patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at the same time as a left atrial appendage ...

Before your blood gets pumped out of your heart to circulate through the body, it must pass through the aortic valve. If the aortic valve becomes narrowed or hardened, the condition known as aortic ...

CHICAGO -- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continued to hold its own against surgery for younger patients at low surgical risk, with the Evolut Low Risk trial now halfway to its goal of ...

Some don’t believe Dr. Luay Sayed when he tells them about his patient, Paul Ivan, 100, of Algonac, who not only underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure in January but by ...