More articles about: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
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Failed TAVR? Heart surgeons explain TAVR explant, options and risks

As transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, gains popularity, cardiac surgeons are seeing more cases of failing valves. Two cardiac surgeons from Michigan Medicine explain TAVR explant and other surgical options.
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Roy’s Michigan Answer: Second opinion saves patient’s heart

Michigan Medicine's team of cardiology experts offered an advanced, minimally invasive coronary intervention, which restored one patient back to good health
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TAVR: Less than one-third of patients enter cardiac rehab after heart procedure

The vast majority of people who have a minimally invasive heart valve replacement procedure do not participate in recommended cardiac rehabilitation, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.
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Hospitals without highest stroke care designation may miss them after heart procedure

Using stroke as a measure of quality after TAVR could put stroke centers at a disadvantage, the study suggests