Aortic Valve

Patients who underwent a second transcatheter aortic valve replacement were no more likely to experience adverse in-hospital, 30-day and 1-year outcomes than those after a first TAVR, according to an analysis of real-world registry data.

The FDA has issued a letter to health care providers about potential risk for early structural valve deterioration with Abbott’s surgical aortic heart valves featuring externally mounted leaflets on the valve frame.

Lipoprotein(a) was associated with prevalent and incident aortic valve calcification and calcium progression in participants without aortic stenosis, researchers reported.

In this video, Byron Williams III, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, discusses cardiac oscillation in the primary care setting, as well as findings that may require referrals to a cardiologist.

After transcatheter aortic valve replacement, patients with BMI more than 25 kg/m2 had less all-cause mortality, aortic regurgitation and MI compared with those under that threshold, according to a meta-analysis.

The presence of mitral annular calcium was not associated with worse outcomes in patients who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to a retrospective analysis.

Patients with aortic stenosis who received oral calcium supplementation had lower survival rates and were more likely to need aortic valve replacement than those who did not receive supplementation, according to recent data.

The Ross procedure for aortic valve replacement was associated with better long-term survival compared with biological and mechanical AVR, researchers reported.

Transcatheter aortic valve repair for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis was associated with lower in-hospital morbidity and mortality and similar 30-day and 6-month outcomes compared with surgical AVR, researchers reported.

Baseline aortic valve calcification was the most significant factor for calcium progression overall, but hypertension and dyslipidemia were the strongest predictors of aortic valve calcium progression among women and men, respectively.