According to the American Heart Association, valvular heart disease affects about 2.5% of adults in the United States, and more than 100,000 patients undergo valve replacement surgery each year.

The advisory committee considered evidence from several sources on transcatheter heart valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in people with aortic stenosis. The clinical evidence ...

Favorable mortality and heart failure hospitalization rates, along with improved functional status, observed among recipients of LuX-Valve device for severe symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation. Single ...

Every year, over a million children worldwide are born with congenital heart defects that threaten their lives and development. It’s estimated that in the US alone, at least 1 million children are ...

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The Edwards Sapien valve consists of a balloon-expandable stent of stainless steel surrounded by a polyester fabric sealing cuff in which a trileaflet valve made from bovine pericardium is mounted.

This study examined the characteristics and outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) both isolated and in combination with other cardiac surgery in Malaysia from 2015 to 2021. The most ...

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Correspondence to Dr Jung-Min Ahn, Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea; drjmahn{at}gmail.com; Dr Dong Hyun Yang, Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, ...

: This was a retrospective study of 1346 patients analyzed on the basis of medical records, echocardiograms and surgical reports. The overall sample was both considered as a whole and divided into ...