Among young adults with aortic regurgitation (AR), those undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) before they met standard criteria were more likely to achieve good results from the surgery, a study ...

Early valve replacement surgery for very severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis was tied to lower long-term mortality risk ...

Patients with asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis should probably be referred early for aortic valve replacement (AVR), especially if they have elevated natriuretic peptides, concluded ...

Adults who undergo the Ross procedure will fare far better over the next two decades than those treated with bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a propensity-matched comparison ...

At 10 years, early surgery continues to have a mortality benefit when compared with conservative care for asymptomatic aortic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The RHEIA trial included enrolled-only women randomly assigned to transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve ...

Chicago – Jose Augusto Barreto-Filho, M.D., Ph.D., of the Federal University of Sergipe and the Clinica e Hospital Sao Lucas, Sergipe, Brazil, and colleagues assessed procedure rates and outcomes of ...

A Missouri woman is following in her father's footsteps - training to be a heart surgeon - and recently, the talented duo got the chance to perform surgery together. Dr. Sophia Roberts, 30, is a ...