When Paul DeGeorge felt pressure on his chest in the middle of the night, he thought his 4-year-old son was lying on top of him. DeGeorge had fallen asleep on the couch after coming home late from his ...
JenaValve has won FDA approval for its Trilogy transcatheter heart valve (THV) system. The regulatory milestone comes just two months after Edwards nixed its JenaValve acquisition due to FTC ...
Mechanical heart valves were tested for their ability to crack under high-speed imaging, fluoroscopy, and standardized balloon testing. In vitro testing showed successful fracturing of device leaflets ...
Country music legend Dwight Yoakam took to social media this week to explain why he was late to his recent show in Lubbock, Texas and … well, it certainly sounds like he is lucky to be alive. “I want ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — February is American Heart Month. Merete Vogelsong, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner with UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in North Central PA, says one heart issue she ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AccurKardia, an innovator in ECG-based diagnostics technology, today announced results from a new study demonstrating that its AI-enabled ECG technology, AK-AVS™, can detect ...
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 ...
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 ...
TCT 759: Use of Amiodarone for Prevention of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: PAF-TAVR Randomized Clinical Trial Receive the the latest news, research, and ...
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Aortic stenosis is a condition that often develops with age. It's caused by a buildup of calcium, which causes the aortic valve to become too narrow, reducing blood flow from the ...
The endothelium lining the valve plays a critical role. It’s very important whether the valve consists of two or three leaflets. There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If ...