The authors found an association between Medicare’s wage index adjustment and the differential use of labor-intensive surgical procedures and medical device–intensive minimally invasive clinical ...

PARIS -- For patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), a percutaneous combined intervention worked surprisingly well relative to surgery, the ...

Valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter procedures for a failed aortic bioprosthesis are associated with a lower risk of in-hospital mortality compared with a repeat surgical aortic valve replacement, but ...

Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has already been recommended for some high-risk patients with aortic ...

Not only is TAVI bringing aortic valve replacement (AVR) to a wider range of US patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, but it has also yielded better outcomes over time, according to an ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of aortic valve stenosis. With proven safety and efficacy, TAVR has become a standard therapeutic alternative to surgical ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surpassed surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) as the procedure of choice for aortic valve replacement in the United States, a new report of ...

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 ...