The addition of mitral valve (MV) repair (a valve of the heart) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a type of open-heart surgery, did not result in significant benefit to the patient and was associated with increased ...
Nov 18, 2014
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Aortic valve replacement (AVR) can safely be used to treat severe aortic stenosis in patients age 90 years and older and is associated with a low risk of operative stroke and mortality, according to a study in the November ...
Oct 29, 2014
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An international research team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Lund University has provided new evidence that aortic valve disease may be preventable. Their findings show ...
Oct 27, 2014
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In an analysis that included approximately 35,000 participants, genetic predisposition to elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was associated with aortic valve calcium and narrowing of the aortic valve, findings ...
Oct 26, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Rice University bioengineers have found new evidence of a possible link between diabetes and the hardening of heart valves.
Oct 21, 2014
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For over fifteen years, Professor Dr. Axel Haverich, Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, and his team of cardiac surgeons at Hannover Medical School (MHH) have been working on a ...
Oct 10, 2014
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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 difference in 15-year survival ...
Sep 30, 2014
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Researchers have found a way to take a pediatric patient's skin cells, reprogram the skin cells to function as heart valvular cells, and then use the cells as part of a tissue-engineered pulmonary valve. A proof of concept ...
Sep 24, 2014
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In extended follow-up from a clinical trial, a self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve was shown to have low rates of all-cause mortality and major stroke. Findings were reported today at the 26th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular ...
Sep 15, 2014
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New data from a landmark clinical trial found that after five years, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) demonstrated a persistent mortality benefit, improved functional status, and resulted in a lower rate of repeat ...
Sep 15, 2014
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