Reassurance on the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with bicuspid valve stenosis has come from a new large observational dataset. TAVR has become the established ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Patients with bicuspid aortic valves who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a ...

What is Bicuspid Aortic Valve? Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a very common congenital cardiac malformation. It afflicts about 1-2% of population with a predominance in males. The aorta is the main ...

In patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement results in “favorable” rates of 30-day mortality and cerebrovascular events regardless of bicuspid valve leaflet ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most clinical research for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis has ...

AMSTERDAM — Investigators say new data presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2013 Congress support the expansion of transcatheter valves into two areas: failing surgical bioprosthetics ...

Two new analyses in low-risk patients suggest that clinical outcomes are as good in patients with congenital bicuspid anatomy undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation as it is in those with ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) didn't stop some patients from getting transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis and faring well afterward, data from the TVT ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I consider myself to be in good health. I work out several times a week, but recently I began experiencing episodes of shortness of breath after going up and down the stairs in my ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures had a high rate of success and low risk of death or disabling stroke at 30 days in patients with a bicuspid, or two-leaflet, aortic valve, ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an established therapeutic option for high-risk patients with tricuspid aortic valve stenosis. Historically, the presence of a bicuspid aortic valve ...