For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

NewsVoir New Delhi [India] 3 Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals proudly announces the launch of its Heart Valve Clinic a dedicated ...

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 ...

Background Current guidelines recommend transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI ... especially in the setting of highly calcified valves.20 However, we doubt that it played a role in our ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive ...

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 ...

The four heart valves (tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic) open and close at just the right moment to keep the blood moving in the proper direction through the heart. It is helpful to visualize ...

The co-occurrence of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with TSC is exceedingly rare ... severe aortic regurgitation no calcification, no adhesion, and aortic ring dilatation. The diseased valve was ...

Mortality rates were also significantly higher in patients with AS plus ATTR‐CA who had aortic valve replacement (a surrogate for ... for AS (I35.0 or I35.2), excluding those with congenital, bicuspid ...