The Ross procedure, which can be used to treat young people with severe aortic valve disease, has seen wide swings in popularity over the years, but now, with consistent data on long-term survival and ...

The day after Jon Keippel had his aortic valve in his heart replaced, he was up and walking around his property, surprised he felt so strong. "I was amazed," he said. "I was just full of energy." For ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio — Just a few years ago, Trinity Health System introduced a minimally invasive procedure called the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Procedure. RELATED: Trinity Health ...

Internationally acclaimed Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Vishal Khullar successfully performed a highly challenging ...

The UHS Heart & Vascular Institute recently celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of their 1,000th TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) procedure. This achievement is more ...

Since its development in 2011, the transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure has been available to patients unlikely to survive open heart surgery. About two years ago, it became an option as ...

Cardiothoracic Surgeon Geoffrey R. Cousins, MD, FACS, left, and Interventional Cardiologist Jason Schott, DO, mark the 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure performed at Memorial ...

Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Health has introduced transcatheter aortic valve replacement at Tanner Heart Care, giving patients in west Georgia and east Alabama a less invasive option for treating ...

LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for people until age 60, after which a tissue valve may start to have an advantage, ...