University of Iowa Health Care recently debuted a new, minimally invasive heart valve procedure after years of research and months of work toward approval by the Federal Drug Administration. A second ...

PARIS, France—Treating a failed bioprosthesis via transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—the so-called valve-in-valve approach—is feasible and often effective but technically demanding, ...

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Members of MidMichigan's comprehensive Structural Heart Program began performing a new minimally invasive heart valve procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in July 2016.

LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 11, 2019 at 11 A.M. EDT) -- A new analysis conducted by investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute shows for the first time that patients with a common ...

They look to establish minimum volumes for hospitals and operators seeking to start and maintain TTVI programs.

Scientists at the Center for Cardiology of the Mainz University Medical Center have examined the success of more than 13,575 minimally invasive procedures on the mitral valve in the largest study of ...

Your mitral valve is one of the four major valves in your heart. It helps blood flow through your heart and out to the rest of your body. When this valve isn’t working correctly, it puts stress on ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...