Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon-expandable system for treating symptomatic severe aortic ...

The medical technology company, which got its start in Australia but has a growing office in the Twin Cities, is developing ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD "Heart disease" is a general term for problems with the heart and can be ...

The aortic valve is a heart valve that helps direct blood flow from the heart to the rest of your body. When the valve ...

McKay-Dee Hospital has used a relatively new heart procedure that has saved 500-plus lives. Patients would have had to go to ...

TAVI is a minimally invasive technique. It is typically performed with a catheter, a thin, flexible tube introduced through a small incision, usually in the groin area. The guided catheter delivers ...

Noel O'Brien of Tynagh in County Galway was the first patient to undergo the Avalus Ultra valve implant surgery in October.

University Hospital Galway has become the first hospital in the country to use a new biological aortic heart valve on a patient.

An aortic stenosis murmur is an unusual sound the heart makes due to a narrowing of the aortic heart valve. The narrowed heart valve restricts blood flow from the heart, which can create a murmur.

Abbott Announces First Step Toward Its Software-Guided Balloon-Expandable TAVI System to Treat Aortic Stenosis • The investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system will ...

If the valve is very tight and narrow, it’s called aortic valve stenosis. In both of these cases, blood does not flow through the heart the right way. You will be asleep during the surgery. Your ...