For all the innovation, engineering, and miniaturization that has helped to refine surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement over the last few decades, they still fall short of ideal. That ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure to replace your aortic valve. The aortic valve controls blood flow from your heart to your aorta, the main artery that ...

An aortic valve replacement can be a lifesaving measure to preserve healthy heart function and robust circulation throughout the body. Like any heart procedure, the recovery can be lengthy and require ...

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he had undergone a procedure at the Cleveland Clinic to replace his aortic valve. He tweeted: "Thanks to the team at the Cleveland ...

When parts of the heart, such as the valves, do not work properly, it is possible to repair or replace them. The aortic and mitral valves are the ones that surgeons most commonly replace. Most valve ...

NEW YORK, NY—Midterm results out to 3 years show that transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve (ViV) replacement for a failed surgical valve is a safe procedure associated with lower risks of death and ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve, which connects the heart to the rest of the body. It affects millions of ...