Blood enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve and leaves through the aortic valve. A stenotic valve is a valve opening that has gotten smaller and is partially obstructing blood flow. In ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Compared with usual care, a system of electronic provider notification more often enabled patients diagnosed with severe ...

The Philippine Heart Center has reached a significant milestone by successfully performing six Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

The 8-year data may hold value for TAVI—the newest Sapien valve uses the same tissue—but many other variables differ.

A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), a valvular heart condition that can be ...

For over a decade, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has been at the forefront of aortic valve innovation, advancing ...

THE primary purpose of this report is to emphasize the relation of a high-pitched "squeaking" or "musical" systolic murmur to aortic stenosis and calcification of the aortic valve. This is not so ...

Adding Farxiga (dapagliflozin) to standard care significantly reduced the risk of death or worsening heart failure in older ...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Market outlook through 2035, highlighting key trends, growth drivers, challenges, and future opportunities ...

All patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis should be referred for evaluation of valve replacement. TAVI offers an alternative for those patients who are not considered candidates for ...

If you have aortic regurgitation, the flaps around your aortic valve — the valve that pumps blood to your heart — don’t close fully. This causes blood to leak back into your left heart chamber.