Sentences with phrase «for aortic valve replacement»

The FDA approved the CoreValve System to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk for surgery based on groundbreaking research showing the transcatheter heart valve had superior survival rates at one year when compared to open - heart surgery, the current gold standard for aortic valve replacement.

The introduction of minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for treatment of aortic stenos not only has increased the number of patients eligible for aortic valve replacement (AVR), but also has led to a decrease in patient mortality, according to a study released today at the 50th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Not exact matches

The new procedure is FDA approved for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (valve narrowing) who are considered high - risk for standard valve replacement surgery.

The database is designed to provide information that can help hospitals improve the quality of care for patients with severe aortic stenosis and help patients make informed decisions about this new form of heart valve replacement.

UCLA scientists have found that conscious sedation — a type of anesthesia in which patients remain awake but are sleepy and pain - free — is a safe and viable option to general anesthesia for people undergoing a minimally invasive heart procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

TAVR was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011 to treat patients with severe aortic valve stenosis — a problem that occurs when the valve in the heart's main artery doesn't open fully and forces the heart to work harder to pump blood — for whom standard surgical valve replacement is too risky.

Referencing a research article in the same journal issue that found hospital websites failed to disclose risk information for transaortic valve replacement (TAVR), a recently approved procedure to treat patients whose aortic valve does not open fully, London and Schenker pinpoint four risk concerns for patients seeking medical information online:

The preferred access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is through the leg arteries.

«Study compares long - term outcomes for types of aortic valve replacements.»

Valve replacement is a treatment for aortic stenosis, which is narrowing of the valve between the main pumping chamber of the heart and the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the Valve replacement is a treatment for aortic stenosis, which is narrowing of the valve between the main pumping chamber of the heart and the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the valve between the main pumping chamber of the heart and the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a self - expanding valve prosthesis for the first time has demonstrated significantly lower death rates at one year compared with conventional surgical valve replacement in high - risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.

«The first year results from the CoreValve US Pivotal Trial support the safety and efficacy of this therapy in patients unsuitable for surgical aortic valve replacement,» said lead investigator Steven Yakubov, MD..

Strong results from the other arm of CoreValve's U.S. Pivotal Trial with patients at extreme risk for standard aortic valve - replacement surgery were reported in October and led to Food and Drug Administration approval for the device in this population.

Wake Forest Baptist's cardiothoracic team and surgeons deliver exceptional results for all types of heart conditions through procedures such as aortic valve replacements, heart bypass surgery, heart transplants and surgeries and therapies for thoracic aneurysms.

For instance, a person with aortic valve replacement at age 39 might be denied life insurance.

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Life Insurance Rates by Age for an Aortic or Mitral Valve Replacement 5.