Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was more costly upfront than surgical AVR (SAVR), but total 2-year costs were about $2000 lower in low-surgical risk patients with severe aortic stenosis ...

Readmission within 30 days of aortic valve replacement is relatively common but occurs at comparable rates whether patients undergo TAVR or surgery, according to a study published in the August 2015 ...

Timing of staged PCI before TAVR does not affect long-term clinical outcomes or survival, according to a study published online March 24, 2015, ahead of print in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A noninvasive monitoring system identified short-term hemodynamic changes early after transcatheter aortic valve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with a failed surgical aortic valve, valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement was ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) demonstrated better short-term outcomes, while surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) had better long-term outcomes. A recent study found that when it ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (WPVI) -- The TAVR procedure has revolutionized a challenging task in heart care: fixing stiff valves. And it has made the process much easier for patients, getting them back to ...

WASHINGTON -- Newer-generation transcatheter heart valves have improved upon older models in their efficacy for patients with severe non-calcified native aortic regurgitation (AR), but much work ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Patients who are treated for aortic stenosis with transfemorally accessed transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) experience an increase in quality of life (QoL) early on ...

PARIS -- Bioprosthetic devices used in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) appeared to keep working years after implantation, researchers reported here, though caveats in their methodologies ...