KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The goal of a progressive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is to give heart patients a longer life and better heart. Doctors say TAVR is safe, more ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - For a long time, patients having problems with the aortic valve in their heart could really only turn to open surgery to fix it, but advancements in medicine have given ...
Open heart surgery sounds scary, because it is. But thanks to technology, doctors have a lot more options today. Adam Bartelmay tells us about a valve replacement that hardly leaves a scar in today’s ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- As with any crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be a time of innovation. AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village is the first hospital in Illinois to ...
Many patients who need a new aortic heart valve can have it safely implanted with a nonsurgical alternative to valve replacement through a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement or ...
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) – Doctors at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern are giving patients another chance at life with a new heart procedure. Before, heart patients faced invasive surgery and ...