Cardiovascular issues include conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. Heart issues like coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, and arrhythmias can be some of the many coronary ...

Better to intervene early with a new valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who are asymptomatic, even during exercise, than to wait for the disease to progress and symptoms to emerge ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Women with severe native aortic stenosis (AS) gained significantly better results from surgery with aortic annular enlargement (AAE) than transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX—Among patients at low risk for surgery treated with SAVR in the PARTNER 3 trial, there were no differences in the primary endpoint of all-cause mortality, stroke, and rehospitalization ...

A recent editorial claimed that “it’s time to act” in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). The expert authors, including eminent cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, MD, proposed that the ...

Among real-world patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, 5-year survival averages almost 93%. The findings from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery database ...

A new study demonstrated parity between a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve in the heart - transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) - and surgical aortic valve replacement ...

A study published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery demonstrates outstanding long-term survival following low-risk isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). The study reviewed 42,586 ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that was once thought to be reserved for the sickest aortic stenosis patients. However, as an alternative to open heart ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A handful of years later, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) still compared well against surgery in the PARTNER 3 and Evolut Low Risk trials. PARTNER 3 appeared to show a ...

A new paper shares a different -- and perhaps, a better way -- of describing the outcome of care. It's more than alive or dead; it's about how much better patients are living their lives. Aortic ...

The number of deaths and disabling strokes among patients at low surgical risk who were treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remained lower at three years, but not significantly ...