Among patients ages 50 to 69 years who underwent aortic valve replacement with bioprosthetic (made primarily with tissue) compared with mechanical prosthetic valves, there was no significant ...

Choosing the optimal aortic valve prosthesis for middle-aged patients (late 40s to early 60s) with aortic stenosis presents a challenge. The available options all have substantial drawbacks that must ...

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. Physicians ...

Patients with failure of a surgical aortic bioprosthesis—which frequently occurs 10 to 15 years after surgery—fare worse after a transcatheter valve-in-valve (ViV) fix if the original valve ...

Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after surgical aortic valve replacement has become less common over time, but it remains associated with worsened clinical outcomes, a new study shows. Also, a second ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

What is a Prosthetic Heart Valve? A prosthetic heart valve is an artificial device surgically implanted into the heart to replace a heart valve that has become damaged. The human heart has four valves ...

Ideally the transcatheter aortic prosthesis should restrain the native leaflets and relieve stenosis, without unnecessary impingement upon the aorta, left ventricle or outflow tract. [24] Issues ...