Yang noted that SAVR and TAVR on their own just put valves in without any change in annular structure. Surgeons often turn ...

WASHINGTON — Women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis had better 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement vs. surgery, according to a pooled analysis of only women in ...

Steubenville, OH (WTRF) Trinity Heath celebrated their 200 th TAVR procedure, or Transcatheter Valve Replacement. The TAVR procedure is used to replace an aortic valve that has become narrow ...

Even though women have more complications as a result of the TAVR procedure -- especially bleeding and vascular issues -- they still fared better than men one year after the procedure.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a procedure that can treat narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart. It involves an expandable replacement valve that helps improve blood flow. A ...

TAVR vs. surgery in women. The RHEIA trial, which was conducted at 48 sites in 12 countries, enrolled women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (mean age, 73 years; 100% white; ...

TAVR provides a less invasive option without a long recovery time and hospital stay compared to other surgical interventions, such as open-heart surgery, for those with heart valve diseases.

The RHEIA trial, which found transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) superior to surgery for women, was among the highlights of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress. Also at ESC ...

Patients with heart failure who took dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were significantly less ...

Although the survival curves appeared to diverge immediately after the procedure, there was no significant difference between women and men in all-cause deaths at 30 days (7 vs 12) or 1 year (13 ...

TAVR used to only be used on those who were deemed too high of a risk for a traditional open-heart valve replacement, but Dr. Rapp said the procedure has been used more in moderate and low-risk ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center recently marked the successful completion of 500 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, The TAVR procedure is a ...