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 ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open ... We use fluoroscopy (a type of x-ray) during the procedure as well as a contrast medium (dye) in order to see your ...

This can be done with traditional, open-heart surgery or with a relatively newer procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). You don’t have your chest opened with TAVR.

Calcium deposits can build up sooner in people with abnormal aortic valves – such as having 2 cusps instead of 3 -- or as a result of chest ... surgery to repair or replace the valve.

Ritter died during surgery to repair the dissection ... medical decisions had to be made. A chest X-ray, which could have helped to establish an aortic dissection diagnosis had been ordered ...

TAVR, which involves threading a replacement valve through a catheter in the groin or chest, has emerged as the leading procedure for treating symptomatic severe aortic stenosis in the U.S ...

Data shows, versus surgery, the Evolut™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system delivers a numerically lower rate of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke at five years ...

The survival in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who do not undergo aortic valve replacement is 2 ... Other causes include age, chest radiation, congenital heart disease and ...