Edwards’ request for broader TAVR Medicare coverage gets pushback

Several medical societies supported extending Medicare coverage for TAVR to patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis, but ...
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI)

TAVR Medicare Coverage Debate Gets Messy

Edwards pushes CMS to expand Medicare TAVR coverage to asymptomatic patients, sparking controversy among physicians over ...
Mansfield News Journal

TAVR procedure at OhioHealth Mansfield allows for faster recovery than open-heart surgery

Of the two heart valve surgeries Janice Smith has had at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, the second was much easier for her. "I had a good experience both times," the 86-year-old said. "It's just that ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

ViV-TAVR Leads to Fewer Complications, but Increases Later Heart Failure Hospitalizations and Mortality

From 2015 to 2020, the number of patients opting for valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV-TAVR) over redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) rose significantly, from 35.3% ...
TCTMD

EARLY TAVR: Delaying Valve Replacement Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes

CHICAGO, IL—Patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are watched until symptoms develop before undergoing TAVI are a greater risk of dying, being hospitalized for heart failure (HF), or ...
Medscape

How Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Is Changing the Lives of Cardiac Patients

While the first innovators in the area of minimally invasive cardiac procedures began introducing methods such as finger-fracture valvuloplasty as early as the 1920s — in the case of England’s Henry ...
Kaleido Scope

Still and Cardiothoracic Surgery faculty publish findings on outcomes for high-risk patients following TAVR explantations

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized the treatment of aortic valve stenosis. With proven safety and efficacy, TAVR has become a standard therapeutic alternative to surgical ...
Healio

TAVR for moderate aortic stenosis, HFrEF may improve quality of life

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TAVR did not improve a composite of clinical endpoints in patients with moderate aortic stenosis and HFrEF.
Healio

FDA approves first TAVR platform to treat severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform was approved for severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis. Edwards ...