LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage ...

The artificial valve might be mechanical (made of man-made substances). Others are made out of animal tissue, often from a pig. Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new ...

"The decision between a bioprosthetic and a mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the SAPIEN 3 platform, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... and promptly connected to a mechanical ventilator (a machine that will help you breathe during the procedure).

At the recent Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions’ 2025 Scientific Sessions in Washington, interventional cardiologists discussed the role of ASCs in the future of cardiovascular ...

A transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform was approved for severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis. Edwards Lifesciences’ TAVR platform is the first to be approved in this population.

One effective treatment in the case of aortic or pulmonary valve deficiencies is valve replacement. There are three main options for valve replacement: mechanical valves, porcine valves and human ...

Two strategies to manage asymptomatic severe AS are typically performed; clinical surveillance (CS), with routine monitoring and aortic valve replacement only when symptoms developed, or aortic ...

[11,12] Surgical valve replacement essentially cures patients -- restoring an almost normal life expectancy. In elderly patients, however, there is often a reluctance to recommend aortic valve ...