SIMS Hospital, Chennai, has successfully performed India’s first combined transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) graft procedure on a 61-year-old patient ...

Facility Director at SDM Narayana Heart Centre Shashikumar I. Pattanshetti said that the team’s expertise and patient-focused ...

Dharwad: SDM Narayana Heart Centre, Sattur, Dharwad has successfully provided the sophisticated TAVR treatment to a senior ...

The heart remains beating while being displaced to expose the posterior pericardium. The descending aorta, typically small in diameter, is palpated and identified. The pericardium is opened along the ...

Objective Longitudinal data on age-related changes in the diameters of the thoracic aorta are scarce. To better understand normal variation and to identify factors influencing this process, we aimed ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated?

Aortic diseases are pathological conditions affecting a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the human body. They can involve the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic descending aorta ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

The heart’s four valves – the mitral, aortic, pulmonary, and tricuspid – open and close to move blood around the body. If a valve becomes damaged or stretched, it can also become leaky.