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PARTNER 3: TAVR Success in Low-Risk Patients PARTNER 3: TAVR Success in Low-Risk Patients
The procedure using the SAPIEN 3 valve showed a significantly lower rate of death, stroke, and rehospitalization at 1 year vs surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Survival and Stroke Similar for TAVR and SAVR at 5 Years Survival and Stroke Similar for TAVR and SAVR at 5 Years
The early mortality benefit seen with transcatheter aortic valve replacement over surgical repair in patients with severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk is no longer significant at 5 years.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
NOTION: 5-Year TAVR vs SAVR Outcomes Similar in Low-Risk Patients NOTION: 5-Year TAVR vs SAVR Outcomes Similar in Low-Risk Patients
All-cause mortality, MI, and stroke were similar in low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement and those who had surgery, but 42% of TAVR patients needed pacemakers.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
FDA Clears Sentinel for Cerebral Protection During TAVR FDA Clears Sentinel for Cerebral Protection During TAVR
The device becomes the first cerebral-protection device available in the US for stroke prevention during transcatheter aortic-valve replacement.FDA Approvals
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Alert Source Type: news
SURTAVI: Early Stroke Rate Favors TAVR Over Surgery SURTAVI: Early Stroke Rate Favors TAVR Over Surgery
Most disabling strokes clustered around the transcatheter aortic-valve implantation procedure itself, while extending days beyond surgical aortic replacement.Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
The Patients We Do Not See
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Frailty Ups Early Death, Stroke Risk After Either TAVR or SAVR Frailty Ups Early Death, Stroke Risk After Either TAVR or SAVR
And, as suggested by a PARTNER 2A analysis, that applies even to intermediate-risk patients who had either transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement.Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
#HeartWarrior: Maddy Reyes
Maddy Reyes is a 12-year-old Heart Warrior participating in the 2016 Puget Sound Heart and Stroke Walk. She is also a social media ambassador, @MaddyGoCheer.
I have a different heart than most kids. When I was born I was diagnosed with a heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot. The doctors and surgeons were watching my heart very closely until I was four months old.
When I was four months old my doctor told my parents that I would have to get open heart surgery to keep my heart safe.
The surgeons fixed a hole in my heart and made my pulmonary artery bigger. My doctor is now watching my heart closely to see when ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stroke Heroes 2016
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Puget Sound Division, along with our sponsor Medtronic, congratulates the honorees for this year's Stroke Hero Awards. We had amazing stories sent to us. Thank you to all of you who submitted a nomination. Here are some of the inspiring individuals honored this year as a Stroke Hero.
AMY MOORE, Stroke Survivor
Amy is described as a truly an inspiring person who has never let her stroke stop her from accomplishing her goals. Her stroke was diagnosed at six months of age and left her legally blind. Amy learned Braille during her first two years of high school an...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CoreValve High-Risk Study at 3 Years: TAVR Advantage SustainedCoreValve High-Risk Study at 3 Years: TAVR Advantage Sustained
In this high-risk population with severe aortic stenosis, patients were less likely to die or have a stroke within 3 years if they had percutaneous rather than surgical valve replacement. Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Bypass surgery an “uncommon” cause of memory loss, cognitive decline
Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) offers a new lease on life for thousands of people each year whose hearts aren’t getting the blood they need to work properly. But it has also been blamed for “brain fog,” a loss of memory and thinking skills that follows the procedure in some people. Such brain problems are often called cognitive impairment.
The operation itself may not be to blame, according to a review in today’s Annals of Internal Medicine. For the review, a team of researchers—mostly from the U. S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs—synthesized data from 17 clinical trials and four w...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - July 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Heart Health bypass surgery Coronary artery bypass surgery memory loss Source Type: news
Personalizing Medicine: Considering Preferences and Values
If you're interested in heart disease -- and who over the age of 40 isn't? -- you may have read an excellent series of articles by reporter Gina Kolata recently published in the New York Times. If you haven't seen it, the series includes pieces on blood pressure, stents, heart attack treatment and a new approach to aortic valve replacement. The heart valve article especially caught my eye, as this is a story I've been watching with personal interest: My 90-year-old mother has aortic stenosis for which surgery has been recommended. In fact, surgery was first recommended for my mom at least six years ago. I know that timing ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating chocolate may slightly lower your risk of stroke
ConclusionThis study used a large prospective cohort of English residents to estimate the risk chocolate poses to cardiovascular death and disease. In addition, they systematically combed the research literature for other similar studies, combining their results with that of other researchers. By comparing the highest chocolate consumers with chocolate abstainers, they found that chocolate was linked to a lower risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. The risk for coronary heart disease was not statistically significant. Results from the meta-analysis of eight additional studies showed higher chocolate consumption was li...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs Neurology Source Type: news
Low mortality, stroke seen with newest Edwards TAVR system: study
(Reuters) - Researchers on Sunday presented trial data showing very low mortality and stroke rates using the third generation version of Edwards Lifesciences Corp's non-invasive heart valve replacement system that could help support its U.S. approval.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Hospital websites often understate risks of new valve replacement
U.S. hospitals that offer information about a common heart valve replacement procedure often explain the benefits but rarely mention the risks - including doubled risk of stroke - according to a new study.
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
