With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment. While diabetes is a known risk factor, the role of elevated glucose levels ...

Exclusion criteria were AS due to rheumatic disease or radiotherapy, previous infective endocarditis ... Additionally, diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve was based on echocardiography which may be ...

Citation: Mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60, study finds (2025, January 27) retrieved 15 February 2025 from https://medicalxpress ...

Exercise echocardiography ... and aortic dissection; evaluation of complex valve replacements; surgical repair of congenital abnormalities; surgical intervention for endocarditis when preoperative ...

Opens in a new tab or window LOS ANGELES -- Survival outcomes favored mechanical valves for isolated surgical aortic valve replacement ... Excluded were people with endocarditis, emergency ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

LOS ANGELES—January 25, 2025—A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs ...

Echocardiographic evaluation of vegetations is crucial in infective endocarditis (IE ... Left‐sided vegetations encompassing the mitral valve, aortic valve, left atrium or left ventricle, or within ...

Echocardiographic evaluation of vegetations is crucial in infective endocarditis (IE). Although several studies have noted a link between larger vegetations and an increased risk of embolization, a ...