Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians recently completed their 2000th transcatheter heart valve procedure, a milestone innovation that has shifted valve repair and ...

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Central DuPage Hospital has achieved a milestone: the completion of its 200th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure with zero ...

CHICAGO -- Patients suffering from severe aortic stenosis once had a single option for treatment --open-heart surgery to replace their diseased valve. Results from a New England Journal of Medicine ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is superior to surveillance in patients with severe but asymptomatic aortic stenosis with no apparent cost in adverse events, according ...

The role of direct oral anticoagulants as compared with vitamin K antagonists for atrial fibrillation after successful transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) has not been well studied. We ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) for the treatment of aortic stenosis can lead to embolization of debris. Capture of debris by devices that provide cerebral embolic protection (CEP) may ...