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 ...

My 25 year old fiance is due for an AVR surgery but the doctor has advised him to wait for another 3 to 4 years as he feels it is not needed yet. Is there a proper age at which one should be operated?

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 ...

My mother has been advised to go for a aortic valve replacement. As per doctors the value is thick and narrow. Due to that there is extra pressure on one portion of the heart. She was not having any ...

Among asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis, a previous analysis showed that the risk of a composite of death during surgery or within 30 days after surgery (called operative mortality) or ...

Trinity Health Michigan has successfully performed a robotic-assisted aortic valve replacement (AVR), offering patients living with aortic valve disease a minimally invasive surgical option that ...