For the first time, researchers performed a successful in-utero surgery to repair a potentially deadly developmental condition by treating an aggressive vascular malformation, called vein of Galen malformation, in a fetus’s brain before birth. The new research was published in May 2023 in Stroke, the peer-reviewed flagship journal of the American Stroke Association, a division… Continue reading Pre-Birth Surgery Treats Potential Heart Condition
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Valve Replacement Is Often Low Risk for Older Patients
Patients who are 90 years or older and have a narrowed heart valve can safely be given a valve replacement, according to new research. The operation to do this, known as aortic valve replacement (AVR), has only a low risk of death, or a stroke during the procedure. In the study, four out of five… Continue reading Valve Replacement Is Often Low Risk for Older Patients