The heart valves play a vital role in ensuring blood flows correctly through the heart and the rest of the body. If they do not function correctly, a person may require surgery to replace the damaged ...

Valvular heart disease, also called heart valve disease, occurs when you have a diseased or damaged heart valve. When your heart pumps blood, your valves open and close to keep blood flowing in the ...

The interest in DAPT after valve-in-valve TAVI stems from the higher thrombotic risk associated with reintervention for a bioprosthetic valve failure; DAPT is one step up from established SAPT to ...

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