If your doctor says you need surgery to replace your heart’s aortic valve, this is why you need it and what you can expect from the procedure and recovery.

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery is a procedure to repair or replace faulty heart valves. Learn more here.

When the aortic valve in your heart stops opening properly and leads to aortic valve stenosis, you can receive the traditional treatment option known as aortic valve replacement surgery.

In that surgery, called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, cardiologists insert a replacement valve through a patient’s groin and thread it all the way to the heart.

Clark Howard, Atlanta consumer expert, talks about his aortic valve surgery last year and how he appreciates life more now as his annual Clark's Christmas Kids concludes.

A surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) requires open heart surgery, during which the patient is put on cardiopulmonary bypass. As with all medical procedures, both TAVI and SAVR have their own ...

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A minimally invasive procedure gives one patient a second chance — and signals major strides in cardiovascular care.

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart valves keep blood flowing in the right direction between the heart's four chambers. If a valve, such as the ...