New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

The valve was excised and a No. 9 Starr-Edwards valve inserted. 5 Then the ascending aortic aneurysm was removed and replaced by a Teflon prosthesis. Inflammatory Response, Mainly of Plasma Cells ...

The aorta was clamped, and the ascending aorta was transected. Cardiac arrest was induced by direct perfusion through the coronary sinus. Procedures such as aortic valve reconstruction, aortic valve ...

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

The most commonly used classifications are based on the affected anatomical portion. The Stanford group considers: type A (dissection involving ascending aorta) and type B (descending aorta only). 7 ...