An 80-year-old man has undergone a groundbreaking cardiac procedure at the Cardiocenter in Santiago de Cuba, marking an ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is among the most widespread and dangerous diseases that may cause death. Recently, Endovascular Aneurysm Repair outperformed open aortic surgery, since it is a safe ...

Evidence-based recommendations on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for native aortic valve regurgitation. This involves implanting a replacement valve inside the faulty native valve.

A study is reported of an annual follow-up over a 15- to 20-year period of the survivors of the first 1,000 patients undergoing closed mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. In addition to a repor ...

Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is a seductive concept for treating severely symptomatic patients with critical aortic stenosis who are not good surgical candidates.

Background The evaluation of long-term inflammatory response and function in postoperative patients with aortic valve replacement (AVR) deserves special analysis because it is important to try to ...

The valvuloplasty balloon is removed, the 10F sheath is placed back in the arteriotomy site, and the diagnostic catheter is advanced back into the left ventricle where simultaneous LV to aorta ...

BE and SE TAVI had similar 6-year outcomes. BE had fewer pacemakers but more leaflet thrombosis, while SE saw more transient ischemic attacks.

Aortyx announced today that it brought in $16 million (€13.8 million) to support its bioresorbable aortic patch technology.

Objective We retrospectively analysed outcome data from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) study to assess the incidence and potential risk factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) ...

Objective To assess prevalence, incidence, prognosis and progression of degenerative valvular aortic stenosis (AS). Setting The Tromsø Study and the University Hospital of North Norway. Design ...