The aortic valve in the heart is the valve that governs the flow of blood into a large blood vessel namely the aorta, which supplies blood to various organs of the body. It prevents the blood from ...
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is becoming a reality and brings new hope for a number of patients who cannot currently be treated with traditional surgical techniques. Whereas surgical valve ...
New aortic valve replacement doesn't require major surgery Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz, a PinnacleHealth heart surgeon, explains a new kind of aortic valve replacement that ...
Irvine, CA - Just three months after the launch of the first US clinical feasibility trial of Edwards Lifesciences' (Irvine, CA) percutaneous aortic valve, the company has announced that the study is ...
(May 10, 2007—ORLANDO, FL) -- Catheter techniques are expanding into new territory, successfully aiding in the replacement of narrowed, calcified aortic valves in patients too sick to withstand ...
Several advances have been made in interventional cardiology, particularly in the field of valvular heart disease. Among the procedures for which technologies are available, percutaneous replacement ...
Twenty years ago, few interventional cardiologists could have imagined that during their professional careers it would be possible to replace a diseased aortic valve using catheter-based techniques, ...
Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz and Dr. Brijeshwar Maini, who are the co-directors of the heart valve clinic at PinnacleHealth System. A PinnacleHealth System patient has received a new kind of artificial heart ...
"Approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. have malfunctioning aortic valves and advances in diagnostic technologies, such as CT and MRI are increasing the diagnosis rates" says Dr. Kamran Zamanian ...
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center was chosen as a site for a critical percutaneous heart valve study. As part of the research study, Methodist physicians will replace diseased cardiac ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Percutaneous intervention bested surgical treatment of severe aortic stenosis and complex CAD. The trial was ...
One of the primary challenges of percutaneous valve delivery systems is achieving vascular access without excessive vascular complications. Most of the published experiences with these systems have ...
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