News tagged with 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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UK ill prepared for 'epidemic' of degenerative valvular heart disease
The UK is poorly prepared for the forthcoming epidemic of degenerative valvular heart disease, prompted by a rapidly ageing population, say leading experts in the journal Heart.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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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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Researchers identify rising incidence of valvular heart diseases in New York state
The incidence of hospitalization and treatment for heart valve diseases in New York State has constantly and progressively risen since the early 1980s, according to research presented at the recent meeting of the American ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 02, 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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Elderly patients in need of heart valve replacements have alternative to surgery
Doctors at the University Heart Center in Hamburg, Germany successfully used transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation in elderly patients with degenerated bioprostheses in aortic and mitral position. This minimally invasive ...
Jun 15, 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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Study examines stroke risk among patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, post-operative stroke occurred in approximately 2 percent, was not correlated with significant carotid artery narrowing, but was more common among patients who had combined cardiac ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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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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