News tagged with aortic valve replacement
'Cow valve' heart implant hailed as breakthrough
A new type of heart valve made with cow tissue and inserted by catheter was hailed on Sunday as a major breakthrough that could eliminate the need for open heart surgery in some patients, US doctors said Sunday.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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New aortic valve without open heart surgery
Siemens Healthcare developed a new, smart visualization and guidance technology, which facilitates implantation of an aortic replacement valve by means of a catheter. The technology spares patients the trauma ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Surgical aortic valve replacement should remain the standard treatment for aortic stenosis
Despite the promising results of the "Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial," featured in the Oct. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a cardiothoracic surgeon from Boston Medical Center (BMC) ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Clinical trial establishes catheter-based aortic valve replacement as new standard of care
One-year data from the PARTNER clinical trial, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate that transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, compared with standard therapy, resulted in significantly lower ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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A living aortic valve replacement leads to better survival and quality of life than provided by a dead donor
When a patient needs their aortic valve replacing, using the valve in their own pulmonary artery for the replacement leads to better survival and quality of life than if the aortic valve from a dead donor is used. This is ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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New heart valve replacement technologies offer hope for high-risk patients
A significant number of people with heart disease will benefit from less invasive transcatheter heart valve replacements in future, finds a review of updated practices in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Mar 08, 2010 |
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The huge opportunities for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
"Today, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) represents an effective therapeutic alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement for patients who are at high risk or with contraindications to surgery, and the ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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