Elderly heart valve patients willing to accept more risks from treatment options to maintain independence
New study finds that elderly patients would tolerate substantially more risk of death, stroke, and other negative clinical outcomes if...
Watch Our Webinar: What You Need to Know About Medicare’s Proposed TAVR Decision and How to Lend Your Voice to Make a Difference
Did you miss our webinar on April 16th, 2019? You can tune in now! Be sure to download the slides....
Moving Toward a Heart Team Approach; Information to Empower Patients
When a person is newly diagnosed with any disease or serious medical condition, they are often flooded both with anxiety and unfamiliar medical terms. The weight of the unknown can overwhelm. Patients diagnosed with heart valve disease hear words like: stenosis, regurgitation, heart failure, valve repair or replacement, blood thinners, tissue or mechanical valves, open heart surgery or minimally invasive procedure. And that list doesn’t even include any of the tests! Feeling unsure while navigating decisions about treatment is completely normal. If you or a loved one is in this situation, you’ve earned the right to feel anxious.
Patient Perspective: Natalie’s Story (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
Natalie Werber had a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in 2017 I was 79 and overweight. Surely, I thought, this was...