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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new trial showed a procedure that thousands need each year to keep their hearts healthy may be performed in a safer way. The alternative way may help with recovery time.

Cardiac rehab programs are often recommended for patients after a heart procedure. One man talks about how rehab helped him recover after a TAVR procedure.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite recommendations, cardiac rehabilitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement is highly underused ...

Early improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is associated with improved all-cause and cardiac death at 5 years in patients with ...

Six-year follow-up from a trial comparing surgery with TAVR in low-risk patients showed no difference in major events, but ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, is a minimally invasive heart procedure that replaces a thickened aortic valve that can't fully open (aortic stenosis). The procedure restores proper ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had similar rates of death or disabling ...

Gary LeGros and Paul Toups returned to Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette to thank doctors who performed TAVR and bypass surgeries that saved their lives.

Before your blood gets pumped out of your heart to circulate through the body, it must pass through the aortic valve. If the aortic valve becomes narrowed or hardened, the condition known as aortic ...