DAIC

APRIL 25, 2024

According to Dr. Kendra Grubb , Surgical Director of the Emory Structural Heart & Valve Center , approximately 40%† of patients with aortic stenosis in the United States do not get treatment because their symptoms are often misdiagnosed or ignored2. To explore the TAVR Heart Team Finder, please click here.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 16, 2024

Although well-known for their thromboresistance, bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHV) require lifelong anti-thrombotic therapy. This must be associated with a certain level of thrombogenicity. Since both t.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A team of researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid has identified the molecular mechanisms that control the activity of genes involved in both the correct formation of the heart valves and the prevention of their subsequent calcification.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

JUNE 22, 2023

Distinguished STS member surgeons will serve as mentors, providing invaluable guidance to young cardiac surgeons as they navigate their career paths.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 15, 2024

In 2013, the FDA approved an implantable device to treat leaky heart valves. Among its inventors was Mehmet Oz, the former television personality and former U.S. Senate candidate widely known as "Dr.

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Wellnest

AUGUST 8, 2023

In such scenarios, cardiologists’ primary form of treatment for children with coronary heart disease is a heart valve implant. Unfortunately, the traditional pulmonary valves have a fixed diameter that can’t match the size of the child’s heart over time.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Intrepid TMVR is a heart valve that is designed to help alleviate mitral regurgitation so that blood can flow through the heart in the intended direction,” said Matthew Saybolt , M.D., FACC, principal site investigator and medical director, Structural Heart Disease Program, Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00991-6 Heart valve replacement in newborn babies remains an unsolved problem because currently used heart valve implants do not grow.

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Circulation

AUGUST 25, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 9 , Page 661-662, August 27, 2024.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This qualitative study explores the perceived benefits and intervention-specific needs of patients who received expectation-focused intervention in the context of heart valve surgery. In addition, it explores potential barriers and adverse effects.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 3, 2024

Recent findings from a study on a transcatheter heart valve (THV) system, which includes a new class of transcatheter aortic valve, showed positive results in the device's ability to function as a healthy and natural aortic valve in patients with aortic stenosis (AS).

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

OCTOBER 10, 2023

News STS Partnership on the Heart Valve Disease Forum in Seoul Garners Rave Reviews KCummings Tue, 10/10/2023 - 13:49 2 min read

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DAIC

APRIL 2, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its TriClip, a first-of-its-kind device to repair leaky tricuspid heart valve, for which more than 1.6 Abbott has announced U.S million people in the U.S. are estimated to be affected. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 10.21037/cdt.2019.09.11. 2019.09.11.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

APRIL 4, 2022

We are blessed with 4 heart valves – 2 on the left side which are known as the mitral and aortic valves and 2 on the right side – the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. If the patient is not symptomatic but if we see that the heart is beginning to weaken then again the valve needs fixing.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

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DAIC

JUNE 10, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 06/10/2024 - 17:58 June 10, 2024 — Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has successfully completed the first commercial tricuspid clip procedure in the Carolinas, performed in May at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center.

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Med Page Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Operators reported the initial success of a novel transcatheter technique for treating complex paravalvular leaks (PVLs) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) in.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 3, 2024

Findings from a published case series research letter by the Henry Ford Health Structural Heart Disease team show that severe mitral stenosis, due to a build-up of calcium deposits in the mitral valve common in elderly patients, can be safely and successfully treated using Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)-enabled percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty. (..)

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DAIC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common and serious disease for which open heart surgery and symptomatic pharmacologic treatment are the current standard treatment options. To date, a total of 24 Topaz implantations have been performed across Europe and Canada.

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Open Heart

JANUARY 21, 2022

Objectives To describe the occurrence of significant pericardial effusion, and to investigate characteristics associated with pericardial effusion within three months following heart valve surgery. Data were gathered from The Western Denmark Heart Registry and electronic patient records. Being a man (HR 2.30, 95% CI 1.32

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Med Page Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team. Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable.

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American College of Cardiology

JULY 2, 2024

The goal of the LANDMARK trial was to evaluate transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the Myval prosthesis compared with a contemporary prosthesis among patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

In patients with implanted cardiac devices including prosthetic heart valve (PHV) and left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) or Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) including Pacemaker (PPM) and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), infection is a common life-threatening complication and is a class 1 indication for transvenous lead (..)

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Know Your Heart

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Artificial Heart Valves Who needs artificial heart valves? The 4 heart valves work continuously to keep blood flowing to the lungs and to the body. Sometimes, disease may damage the heart valves so that they function poorly or stop working completely. When damaged valves can no longer [.]

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Heart BMJ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As the population ages and treatment options for heart valve disease increase, the number of patients with intracardiac valve prostheses is growing rapidly. Mechanical valve prostheses carry the highest (and persistent) risk of thromboembolism, and these patients require anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (warfarin).

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Med Page Today

JUNE 27, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Undiagnosed heart valve disease was highly prevalent in a large community study of otherwise healthy people recruited from primary care in the U.K., researchers found. There was a 28.2% prevalence of mild, moderate, or severe.

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DAIC

JANUARY 4, 2024

Study investigators Drs. Pedro Engel-Gonzalez and Gennaro Giustino from Henry Ford Health.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 30, 2024

based Lee Health completed its first fully endoscopic heart-valve surgery through the smallest incision possible — putting it on the forefront of cardiac care, it said in an Aug. Fort Myers, Fla.-based 29 news release.

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American Heart News - Heart News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: An analysis of death certificate data from 1999 to 2020 showed a decline in deaths related to infective endocarditis throughout most of the United States yet found an alarming increase of 2%-5% among adults ages 25-44. There was.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Methods This bicentric, 1:1 randomised and treatment-as-usual controlled trial included elderly patients scheduled for elective heart valve surgery. Here, we present the 12-month follow-up results.

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DAIC

JUNE 7, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/07/2024 - 15:10 June 7, 2024 — Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the major heart valve disease that afflicts nearly 10 million patients globally with an annual mortality exceeding 100,000, and the numbers continue to rise.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 6, 2024

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to improve the precision of valvular heart disease diagnosis and treatment. It has the ability to identify and risk stratify patients with valvular heart disease and holds promise in improving the innovation of new treatments through shorter, safer and more effective clinical trials.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Investigators with the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program to detect the presence and severity of mitral valve regurgitation, the most common heart valve disorder.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Substance use disorder may be linked to more deaths from infective endocarditis among people ages 25-44, finds a new study.

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Heart Valves 86

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

BACKGROUND:Redo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasing as patients outlive their transcatheter heart valves (THVs) and present with bioprosthetic valve failure. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e013296, November 1, 2023.

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The American Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 3, 2024

Publication date: Available online 2 August 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Ilaria M. Palumbo, Danilo Menichelli, Flavio G. Biccirè, Arianna Pannunzio, Pasquale Pignatelli, Daniele Pastori

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The American Journal of Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Publication date: Available online 30 November 2023 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Won-Keun Kim, Clemens Eckel, Efstratios I. Charitos, Matthias Renker, Christina Grothusen, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Catharina Hamm, Johannes Blumenstein, Samuel Sossalla, Helge Möllmann

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