Among patients ages 50 to 69 years who underwent aortic valve replacement with bioprosthetic (made primarily with tissue) compared with mechanical prosthetic valves, there was no significant ...
Patients with failure of a surgical aortic bioprosthesis—which frequently occurs 10 to 15 years after surgery—fare worse after a transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) fix if the original valve ...
Choosing the optimal aortic valve prosthesis for middle-aged patients (late 40s to early 60s) with aortic stenosis presents a challenge. The available options all have substantial drawbacks that must ...
Among individuals 65 years and older, as many as 30 percent have aortic valve sclerosis or stenosis and as a result of their deteriorating health, they cannot enjoy a normal lifestyle. Physicians ...
Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after surgical aortic valve replacement has become less common over time, but it remains associated with worsened clinical outcomes, a new study shows. Also, a second ...
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008;5(12):764-765. We believe that strategies to avoid or reduce the severity of PPM should be individualized and take into account multiple variables, such as patient ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On-X ® Life Technologies, Inc. (On-X LTI) announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the On-X ® Ascending ...
There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...
Irvine, CA - A court injunction preventing the sale of Medtronic's CoreValve in Germany went into effect yesterday, the manufacturer of the CoreValve's chief competitor, Edwards Lifesciences, ...
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