If validated prospectively, the findings could be ‘transformative’ for patients with no current medical options.

February is Heart Health Month. In this week’s Women’s Health Wednesday, we’re taking a look at a condition called aortic ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

As cavitation bubbles collapse, they produce shock waves inducing mechanical softening of the targeted calcified valve leaflet. Therapeutic dose was estimated as the mean acoustic focal energy (J/mm2) ...

Methods In 149 patients (104 mild AS, 36 moderate AS and 9 severe AS ... AVC was defined as calcification within the valve leaflets including the aortic annulus and the aortic wall immediately ...

Subclinical leaflet thrombosis (SLT) has raised concerns about the long-term durability and outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Clinical valve thrombosis (CVT) is a rare ...

Citation: Mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60, study finds (2025, January 27) retrieved 15 February 2025 from https://medicalxpress ...

The aortic valve area can be ... normal blood flow velocity. A mild increase in blood flow velocity (1.5-1.7 m/sec) may result in a murmur. Extent of cusp calcification in older individuals ...

which causes aortic valve fibrosis and calcification (sclerosis) and eventually hemodynamic obstruction (stenosis). Genetic studies have found CAVD to be associated with vitamin D receptor gene ...

All compounds are either investigational or being studied for (a) new use(s). Efficacy and safety have not been established. There is no guarantee that they will become commercially available for the ...

Endothelial disruption, sclerosis and calcification, all predominantly affect the aortic side of the valve at the leaflet bases where it is exposed ... trial randomised 1873 patients with asymptomatic ...

The standards for healthy aortic valves included the following: 1) heart color Doppler echocardiography showed no obvious thickening of valve leaflets and no nodules; 2) histopathological examination ...