“In pure AR patients, there is no aortic annulus or leaflet calcification for stable anchoring of a transcatheter heart valve,” explains Yingqiang Guo, a professor of cardiac surgery and vice ...

An aortic annular abscess (aortic root abscess) can occur as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis and is more common on a prosthetic aortic valve. This is diagnosed predominantly on ...

The two-year results highlighted the continued superior performance of the Evolut TAVR valve in patients with a small aortic annulus. These results will be followed to assess long-term outcomes.

In addition, the findings demonstrated “comparable” composite results of death, disabling stroke, and heart failure ...

In patients with aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus, results showed comparable composite outcome of mortality, disabling stroke, and heart failure hospitalization, and continued superior ...