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 ...

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has implemented Sussex County’s first transcatheter aortic valve replacement program, the health system announced Aug. 18. TAVR is an alternate treatment option for ...

It would both be premature and a bit cliché to say that Edwards Lifesciences has gotten its groove back. But it would be accurate to say the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) pioneer’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a small puncture in the groin to insert a catheter into an artery and feed a collapsed replacement valve to ...

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 ...

Cardiothoracic Surgeon Geoffrey R. Cousins, MD, FACS, left, and Interventional Cardiologist Jason Schott, DO, mark the 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure performed at Memorial ...

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 ...

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 ...