As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving oxygen. But if the supply is cut off, aortic and mitral valves use different strategies to compensate, according to ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Two new pilot studies addressing transcatheter valve orientation during deployment and future coronary access presented at TCT 2019 provide mixed results, with one study suggesting ...

A new study published in JAMA suggests that younger patients who need aortic valve replacement (AVR) may now be more eligible to receive bioprosthetic valves. Each year about 50,000 people in the U.S.

HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2016) - As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving oxygen. But if the supply is cut off, aortic and mitral valves use different strategies to ...

Christian Fracassi, founder and CEO of Isinnova, an Italian engineering startup, heard the call for help last Friday. The hospital in Chiari, in the Brescia area of northern Italy where the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a St. Jude's aortic valve put in in 1998. I have taken Coumadin since that time. A couple of years ago, my doctors changed the goal for my INR to 2-3. I don't know why. I get ...