This minimally invasive procedure makes small incisions and inserts a thin ... “In pure AR patients, there is no aortic annulus or leaflet calcification for stable anchoring of a transcatheter ...

An aortic annular abscess (aortic root abscess) can occur as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis and is more common on a prosthetic aortic valve. This is diagnosed predominantly on ...

The diseased native aortic valve is removed and the aortic annulus completely decalcified. To ensure correct positioning of the prosthesis, three guiding threads are used as reference for accurate ...

Importantly, the Medtronic CoreValve device, as well as a subcoronary anchor point at the aortic annulus, has a supra-coronary anchor point at the outflow of the device. This means the proximal ...