A “fit and healthy” woman, Marie Anne August, experienced a “ripping” and bubbling” feeling in her chest. The 45-year-old was ...

Aortic valve stenosis' is an often-overlooked condition and a growing health concern in ageing societies such as Thailand. With an increasing elderly population and a rise in age-related valve ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis had comparable rates of death or disabling stroke, but the lead investigator cautions ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

Aortic stenosis is a condition where the aortic valve narrows, obstructing blood flow from the heart to the aorta. As a ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new transcatheter valve, the Trilogy system, has demonstrated safety and efficacy in treating aortic regurgitation, with a one-year mortality rate of 8.1% ...

A device designed to remove embolic material-fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during ...

Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Researchers found that at five years, patients with severe aortic stenosis who were treated with either TAVR or surgery had comparable rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke.