In the past, aortic valve surgery required patients to endure an open heart procedure that carried serious risks...especially for the elderly. But today there’s an alternative. It’s called ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that involves replacing the aortic valve in people with aortic stenosis. It has several benefits over open heart surgery ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As with any crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a time of innovation. AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village is the first hospital in Illinois to ...

Bethesda Heart, part of Bethesda Heart Hospital East in Boynton Beach, Fla., has performed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement in under two years since launching the TAVR program in March ...

Since the advent of TAVR, the patient with coronary disease and severe aortic stenosis has posed a clinical quandary for interventional cardiologists—now a new practical guide is offering some tips.

Toshiba’s Infinix-i Systems Ideal in Planning and Guiding TAVR Procedures LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- To better facilitate transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, Toshiba America ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A revolutionary heart procedure is now being performed in the Valley. It's offering hope to patients who were once told, they were inoperable. Alice Glenn of Reedley still ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The goal of a progressive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is to give heart patients a longer life and better heart. Doctors say TAVR is safe, more ...

The novel findings, published today in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet, are significant because recent randomized clinical trials have shown that TAVR is a meaningful treatment option for both ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — Peter and Leslie Mastroianni have shared a lot over 45 years of marriage. But as of two years ago, they share something else, his and her heart procedures. Both Peter and Leslie ...