Patients whose aortic valve disease is treated with the Ross procedure are more likely to be alive 15 years later than those who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR), whether that’s with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Ross procedure for aortic valve replacement was associated with better long-term survival compared with ...

Adults who undergo the Ross procedure will fare far better over the next two decades than those treated with bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a propensity-matched comparison ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee of the CMS voted that it was moderately ...

A survey, published online in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, of 13,860 patients who had undergone interventions for aortic valve disease in Germany has revealed that over 80% were in ...

Sutureless aortic valve replacement (AVR) trumps conventional AVR and even early-generation transcatheter aortic valve replacement TAVR devices, according to two studies presented at the American ...

The demographic characteristics are summarized in Table I. Most of the patients (77.8%) underwent AVR surgery for aortic stenosis. Of the 207 patients undergoing AVR, 15 patients (7.2%) required PPM ...

Mild-to-moderate AS is usually asymptomatic, and the onset of symptoms implies that the AS is severe. Early symptoms may include exertional shortness of breath, decreased exercise tolerances and ...

Aortic valve disease is a major clinical concern, and its treatment has traditionally relied on surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) via open‐heart surgery. In recent decades, transcatheter aortic ...