WASHINGTON, DC—Subclinical leaflet thrombosis occurs “frequently” in patients who received bioprosthetic valves for the treatment of aortic stenosis, with the problem occurring more commonly in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve at age 54 (I’m ...

Some degree of leaflet motion irregularity is “not uncommon” in patients receiving bioprosthetic aortic valves, according to paper published online October 5, 2015, ahead of print in the New England ...

Bioprosthetic aortic valves play a critical role in improving the health and quality of life of many patients with severe aortic valve disease. On September 16, 2014, St. Jude Medical publicly ...

New data suggest that thickening of the valve leaflets following implantation of a transcatheter or surgical aortic valve bioprosthesis is relatively rare, not linked to short-term clinical events, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an analysis of data from the RESOLVE and SAVORY registries, Makkar, associate director of Cedars-Sinai Heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the past 5 years, a continuum of good news about aortic valve replacement has emerged, particularly for ...

About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots around the valve leaflets (known as subclinical leaflet thrombosis) that reduced the motion of ...

PARIS -- A device that slices calcium bridges on valves affected by calcified aortic stenosis helped leaflet mobility in patients slated for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), researchers ...

St. Luke’s University Health Network has reached an important milestone in advanced heart care. Members of St. Luke’s ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve at age 54 (I’m now 62). I see a general cardiologist annually for an echocardiogram and an EKG, and have had one transesophageal ...