Healio

TAVR remains noninferior to surgery for low-risk patients at 5 years

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 5 years, there was no difference in death or disabling stroke between transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...
Healio

TAVR superior to surgery at 1 year for women with severe aortic stenosis: RHEIA

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The RHEIA trial included enrolled-only women randomly assigned to transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve ...

Study establishes new risk model for surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following ...
Becker's Hospital Review

TAVR Has Lower Mortality Than Traditional Surgery

High-risk surgical patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement experienced higher one-year survival rates than patients who underwent traditional ...
MedPage Today

Low-Risk TAVR Converging or Diverging With Surgical Outcomes, Depending on the Valve

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USA Today

TAVR procedure at OhioHealth Mansfield allows for faster recovery than open-heart surgery

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...
Medscape

TAVR vs Surgery in Intermediate-Risk Patients: Clues From OBSERVANT

WASHINGTON, DC — New European registry data on transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) in patients at lower surgical risk than those studied in the pivotal randomized trials offers the ...
Business Insider

Medtronic Evolut™ TAVR platform outperforms surgery with sustained valve performance for low-risk patients at four years

TCT 2023: Medtronic adds to the body of evidence for Evolut TAVR with late-breaking clinical trial data from the Evolut Low Risk Trial DUBLIN and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic ...
Kaleido Scope

Still and Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty publish findings on outcomes for high-risk patients following TAVR explantations

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of aortic valve stenosis. With proven safety and efficacy, TAVR has become a standard therapeutic alternative to surgical ...
MedPage Today

Caution Raised for Post-TAVR Cardiac Surgeries

SAN ANTONIO -- The early experience of patients needing cardiac surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has surgeons raising the alarm about the excess risks of these challenging ...
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI)

TAVR Medicare Coverage Debate Gets Messy

Edwards pushes CMS to expand Medicare TAVR coverage to asymptomatic patients, sparking controversy among physicians over ...