Pages tagged: transcatheter aortic valve replacement

New, minimally invasive surgical procedures can help even people with severe congenital heart valve disease live a normal life. In...

Just like a person’s own aortic valve, bioprosthetic replacement valves can become calcified or stenotic (narrowed) over time, which can...

In Episode 19 of the Texas Heart Institute (THI) Education Series, Innovative Technologies & Techniques, Dr. Zvonimir Krajcer discusses Transcatheter Aortic...

In Episode 15 of the Texas Heart Institute (THI) Education Series, Innovative Technologies & Techniques, Dr. Zvonimir Krajcer discusses the rationale,...

Happy New Year! This month, I invited my colleague, interventional cardiologist Zvonimir Krajcer, MD to join me in educating our...

No. After the TAVR [Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement] procedure you will take an antiplatelet agent (Plavix or something similar) for...

Yes, this procedure has been FDA-approved for the last two years. The major risk apart from death (from any procedure)...

Symptoms of aortic stenosis usually progress as the severity of the obstruction gets worse, but not always. Because heart attacks,...