Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Edwards Lifesciences announced its next-generation balloon-expandable valve has received approval from the FDA ...
Corvention, a structural heart medical device company, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its KardiaPSI™ Balloon Catheter. The device ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. In transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe ...
A first-ever randomized head-to-head comparison of two devices commonly used to treat the age-related disease aortic stenosis finds balloon-expandable transcatheter valves result in more successful ...
CHICAGO, IL—For a patient with a large aortic annulus undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a new study suggests there are different risks and benefits when it comes to the use of ...
Balloon valvuloplasty is used to treat aortic valve stenosis (narrowing). This condition may be congenital, or it may develop later in life as a result of rheumatic fever or calcium build-up on the ...
BOSTON, MA—Compared with balloon-expandable bioprosthetic aortic valves, self-expanding devices show superior hemodynamic performance at 1 year in patients with small annuli undergoing TAVI, according ...
For patients with aortic stenosis that cannot be treated with medication, surgical (SAVR) and transcatheter (TAVR) aortic valve replacement can offer effective treatment. A new study, one of two on ...
The paper by Fratz et al. describes the follow-up of 188 children who had balloon aortic valvuloplasty (AoVP) between 1986 and 2004. Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation occurred more often in the ...