Surgical aortic valve repair can effectively reduce aortic regurgitation (AR), with only one in 10 patients needing reoperation for valve dysfunction within a decade after treatment, according to a ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

MORGANTOWN –Patients with aortic valve disease now have a new way to repair their existing valve, thanks to a newly FDA-approved invention by WVU Heart and Vascular Institute surgeon J. Scott Rankin, ...

Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute has successfully performed an innovative pulmonary heart valve repair utilizing a complex and unique technique known as the Ozaki procedure, becoming the first ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve had a leaky aortic valve for approximately six years. I recently had an echocardiogram using Doppler. The last test I received was three years ago, which came back with a reading ...

Background Predicting progression to aortic valve replacement (AVR) in moderate aortic stenosis (AS) is challenging. This ...

The Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement system won FDA approval -- making it the first on the market to utilize ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve, which connects the heart to the rest of the body. It affects millions of ...

With a green light from the FDA, Abbott is scaling up its replacement mitral and aortic valve portfolio to epic proportions—or, more specifically, to Epic Plus proportions. The upgraded edition of the ...

You may not need surgery to repair an aortic valve. A nonsurgical catheter procedure with small incisions may be a better option in some cases. Share on Pinterest Getty Images When the aortic valve in ...

Aortic valve disease is a condition that occurs when your aorta (the main artery of your body) and left ventricle (the lower left chamber of your heart) malfunction. The aortic valve determines how ...