Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Background: In patients with severe aortic stenosis, treatment with transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR) has been shown to be cost-effective in the high-risk surgical population …

Bioprosthetic valves are employed to replace defective heart valves. However, structural
degeneration is prevalent in bioprosthetic valves because the heart valve leaflets are …

BACKGROUND: Aortic valve calcification (AVC), Lp (a)[lipoprotein (a)], and low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are associated with severe aortic stenosis (AS). We aimed to …

We conducted a retrospective study using the NIS database from 2008 to 2018 to examine
the most contemporary national hospitalization trends of transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical …

Objectives To date the reported outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) are
mainly in the settings of trials comparing it with evolving transcatheter aortic valve …

The cost of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been studied in the context of
high-risk or specific comorbidity populations; this paper provides a comprehensive overview …

Importance Although an increased risk of ischemic cardiovascular disease has been
associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the risk of aortic stenosis (AS) is unknown …

Background Using a nationally representative database, the present study evaluated the
degree of center-level variation in the cost of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) …