In the United States about 10% of aortic stenosis is caused by rheumatic disease and the remainder by calcification of a unicuspid, bicuspid, or normal trileaflet valve. [11–14] Calcific aortic ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

The innovative, free Healthy Hearts Programme is now available as part of the PureGym app. With access for both members and ...

While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be associated with aortic dilation and dissection, the risk of dissection in this population has recently been called into question. Michelena and ...

"Quincke's sign in the nail bed can be a sign of severe aortic valve insufficiency, as well as other heart conditions," she told The Sun. Normally, your blood flows around your hear and the rest ...

Several genetic conditions, such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Turner syndrome, and bicuspid aortic valve can also increase risks. Other risk factors can include using illegal ...

The following is a summary of “Incidence and predictors of continued ascending aortic dilatation after TAVI in patients with ...

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi treated its first patient using new transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

Let’s not beat around the bush, we really don’t know for sure if there will be a new Valve Index or not, as the company hasn’t really said much one way or another as of late. There have been ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators were no better than amiodarone for survival in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy, though ...