"Mini-AVR has significant advantages over conventional, sternotomy-based surgery for many patients, including shorter length of stay and recovery time, greater satisfaction, less renal failure, and ...

The aortic valve regulates blood flow by opening and closing, and when it stops working an aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery must be done for blood flow to resume like normal, delivering oxygen ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings had a procedure done Wednesday to correct narrowing of the aortic valve. A statement sent out by Cummings states the "minimally invasive ...

When Broncos coach John Fox went under the knife for aortic valve replacement surgery Monday, he had a procedure that more than 60,000 Americans undergo each year. It’s a common surgery, with a high ...

San Francisco, CA—The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with moderate-risk aortic stenosis is common and appears justified based on short-term evidence, but questions ...

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is an established surgical procedure aimed at alleviating valvular dysfunction and improving cardiac efficiency. However, one of its recognised, albeit rare, ...