A type of heart surgery that speeds up patients' recovery time is being used at a Wolverhampton hospital for the first time.

Both Gary LeGros, 70, a Jeanerette city judge, and Paul Herman Toups, an 84-year-old retired small-business owner, underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, a minimally invasive ...

TAVR is a less invasive procedure than traditional open-heart surgery, offering faster recovery, reduced risk, and shorter ...

Edwards Lifesciences ($EW) has snagged FDA approval for its minimally invasive aortic valve system, two years after securing a CE mark for the device. Requiring ...

Aortic stenosis is when the heart’s main valve becomes stiff and narrowed, making it harder for blood to flow to the rest of the body. When it becomes severe, it can lead to life-threatening ...

For all the innovation, engineering, and miniaturization that has helped to refine surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement over the last few decades, they still fall short of ideal. That ...

TCT 134: Relative Quality of Life Improvement After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) in Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations ...

Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Northeast Philadelphia man with a family history of heart problems heeded his mother's advice about getting his checked early. That led him to Temple Health and a cutting-edge ...

IBERIA PARISH — Judge Greg LeGros reunited with his care team at Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital after a life-altering ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Dr. Juan Crestanello is a cardiothoracic surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Transcatheter aortic ...