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

While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be ... 25% of patients required surgery on their aorta, 53% required valve replacement, and 26% developed aortic aneurysms over the course of follow ...

May 17, 2022 — The timing of valve replacement heart surgery is crucial, and should be performed earlier than previously thought for people with aortic stenosis, a new study shows. The condition ...

For people born with a bicuspid aortic valve ... who experience symptoms of aortic stenosis, surgery to repair or replace the ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population.

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation (TAVR or ... providing an alternative to open heart surgery. TAVI for pure aortic regurgitation (AR) — in which a damaged valve becomes ...

The mortality from aortic stenosis dramatically increases once symptoms develop. No medical therapy exists to halt or reverse the disease process, and aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the ...

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve have a significantly ... Without surgery, mortality rates within ...