This paper summarizes the implications of recent TAVR program expansion, supports the 2019 multisociety expert consensus recommendation of Level 1 and Level 2 valve centers, and defines the important ...

The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) took a tepid step toward keeping and/or possibly discarding procedural volume requirements for new and continuing ...

Delays in diagnosis, long waits for operations may explain trend ...

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

WHEELING, W.Va. — The WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute is celebrating a significant milestone with its 450th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. The ...

While doctors may recommend medications and lifestyle changes to support overall heart health, these approaches cannot stop ...

Shasta Regional Medical Center is celebrating the beginning of American Heart Month by reminding the public of their ...

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 ...

Patients with heart failure who took dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were significantly less likely ...

Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital’s Structural Heart Program has completed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure. Each procedure is performed by a multidisciplinary team, ...

Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet has successfully performed a highly complex and rare TAVR-in-TAVR-in-SAVR procedure with ...