Terumo Aortic announced enrollment of the first patient in the RapidLink pivotal trial, which will evaluate the safety and ...

It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it ...

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...

Background: Aortic root pseudoaneurysm is a rare but life-threatening complication of cardiac surgery or infective endocarditis. Early diagnosis and surgical repair are vital due to rupture, ...

Five-year data from the PARTNER 3 trial showed that among low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, outcomes were similar among patients who had undergone transcatheter aortic-valve ...

Background Aortic root abscess formation is amongst the most serious complications of Infective Endocarditis (IE). Over the past two decades, the incidence of IE in Europe has doubled. The presence of ...

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This study aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of composite-valve root replacement with bioprosthesis (b-CVRR) after acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) repair. We included 41 patients who ...

The Ross procedure is a type of heart surgery that is used to replace a damaged aortic valve. The aortic valve allows blood to move from your heart into your aorta. Your aorta carries blood from your ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...