Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

LONDON, England—Treatment with the self-expanding Evolut PRO/R transcatheter heart valve (Medtronic) for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis significantly improves hemodynamics and effectively enlarges ...

Early data from a study presented today at the “virtual” American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Session suggest that patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis can safely be treated with a ...

Low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis show similar clinical outcomes and valve durability. HealthDay News — Seven-year follow-up data show that transcatheter aortic-valve ...

A bicuspid aortic valve is a congenital heart condition that can sometimes make it harder for the heart to pump blood to meet the body’s needs. The aortic valve is one of the four valves in the heart.

New medical advancements are making surgery less invasive for those with Aortic Valve Disease. When the aortic heart valve ...

LOS ANGELES — Aortic mechanical valves are associated with better survival than bioprosthetic valves in patients aged 60 years or younger, showed 12-year survival data from a large surgical database.

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...