News tagged with aortic valve
ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS release consensus document to help guide use of minimally invasive heart therapy
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic valvular stenosis, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), along with the ...
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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UofL physicians, Jewish Hospital first in Kentucky to offer new aortic valve replacement
Some individuals with severe aortic stenosis – also known as narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart – who are not well enough to undergo open heart surgery have a new treatment option thanks to a new procedure ...
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Jan 03, 2012 |
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EAE/ASE 3D echocardiography image acquisition recommendations
For the first time, a joint committee of the European Association for Echocardiography and the American Society of Echocardiography have issued recommendations on image acquisition using three-dimensional echocardiography ...
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Jan 03, 2012 |
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New scanning strategy could help develop heart disease treatments
Patients with life-threatening heart valve disease could be helped with alternative scanning techniques that provide greater insight into the condition.
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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Results of the STACCATO Trial reported at TCT 2011
Researchers leading a clinical trial said that transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (a-TAVI) may be inferior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in operable elderly patients. However results were only ...
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Results of the PARTNER Trial Cohort A cost effectiveness analysis reported
The cost effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) compared to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) depends on whether TAVR is performed via the femoral artery or transapically, through a small incision ...
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Quality of life benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement differ by access site
Results of the PARTNER Cohort A QOL study demonstrate that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) results in improved quality of life compared with surgical valve replacement, but only when performed via the transfemoral ...
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Results of the PARTNER Trial Cohort B 2-year follow up presented at TCT 2011
A two-year study of patients in the landmark PARTNER trial, which compared transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients who have severe aortic stenosis and are not candidates for open heart surgery, confirm the ...
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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Expandable prosthesis resolves advanced aortic valve disease
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.
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Sep 30, 2011 |
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Study examines risk of aortic complications among patients with common congenital heart valve defect
While the incidence of the life-threatening condition of aortic dissection is significantly higher than in the general population, it remains low among patients with the congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve; however, ...
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Sep 13, 2011 |
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Hemodynamic results after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
Since 2007 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) has become an alternative treatment for elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. At present, durability and ...
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Aug 30, 2011 |
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Edwards valve prosthesis in patients with low logistic Euroscore
Results from a study presented today at the ESC Congress 2011, show that TAVI implantation in low risk patients, met with 100% procedural success (versus 95.3% in the high Euroscore group (p=0.1).
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Aug 30, 2011 |
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Gender differences in clinical presentation and outcome of transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is increasing in frequency as the population ages. For a subset of patients in whom surgical conventional aortic valve replacement is excluded due to severe co-morbidities, an alternative to surgical ...
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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Study begins of minimally invasive treatment for blocked heart valves
(Medical Xpress) -- Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have begun testing a new device designed to replace blocked aortic valves in patients for whom traditional open-heart surgery is considered too risky, such as elderly patients ...
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Jul 13, 2011 |
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New option for patients with untreatable, non-perative heart condition
(Medical Xpress) -- An innovative approach for implanting a new aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery is being offered at Rush University Medical Center to patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high-risk ...
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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