“Given that TAVR is mounted on a flexible stent, unlike Inspiris with Resilia tissue mounted on a rigid surgical valve frame, we will need to determine the long-term outcomes of Resilia in a ...

The Edwards Sapien valve consists of a balloon-expandable stent of stainless steel surrounded ... For firm seating of the valve inside the native aortic annulus and to reduce the risk of ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

For over a decade, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has been at the forefront of aortic valve innovation, advancing ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft is designed as a two-piece modular system, although implantation of a single device may be sufficient for focal thoracic aortic lesions (see fig 8).

Healthy valves open wide to let blood move freely through the heart and body. They then shut tightly until the next heartbeat. If you have aortic regurgitation, the flaps around your aortic ...

The nitric oxide-independent soluble guanylate cyclase activator ataciguat continued to show promise for slowing the progression of fibrocalcific aortic valve ... with in-stent restenosis, a ...