This paper summarizes the implications of recent TAVR program expansion, supports the 2019 multisociety expert consensus recommendation of Level 1 and Level 2 valve centers, and defines the important ...

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health’s new transcatheter aortic valve replacement program helped one of its first patients in September. The TAVR program is led by Dr. Chittoor Sai Sudhakar, chief of ...

Four cardiology societies issued a joint statement for requirements for centers with existing or new transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) programs, which updates a 2012 statement. The new ...

Among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, increased frailty was independently associated with worse outcomes, including all-cause death, whereas cancer history did not ...

The Lee Health Heart Institute recently hit a significant milestone—the team has performed more than 2,000 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures! The expert team of interventional ...

Each February during American Heart Month, there’s an increased focus on heart disease – the leading cause of death in the U.S. But the focus is often limited to the most common form, coronary heart ...

The UHS Heart & Vascular Institute recently celebrated a significant milestone with the completion of their 1,000th TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) procedure. This achievement is more ...

Morristown Medical Center's Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute's structural heart program reached a significant milestone of performing over 4,000 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures ...

The Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) took a tepid step toward keeping and/or possibly discarding procedural volume requirements for new and continuing ...

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