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

This multicenter study sheds more light on sex-based differences in aortic stenosis (AS) and argues the benefits of using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to assess sex-based risks in AS.

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) ...

CMR data can be applied to many types of aortic valve regurgitation including combined aortic stenosis with regurgitation, congenital valve diseases and post-transcatheter valve placement. CMR also ...

Introduction Aortic stenosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in older patients. The advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI ... vascular complication, aortic ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised ... In severe symptomatic primary MR, valve intervention is considered.8 However, there is less ...

No significant aortic regurgitation was evident. The patient was referred to a specialist cardiac center to undergo urgent surgical evaluation of the aortic-valve mass. Preoperative CT coronary ...

But for President Donald Trump, the solution is simple: Turn a valve and more water will flow. “Los Angeles has massive amounts of water available to it,” Trump said at a news conference Tuesday.

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 ...

Purpose: The impact of aortic stenosis (AS) severity on multidirectional myocardial function in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) remains unclear ... 86 BAV patients without more than mild ...

However, whether the onset and course of aortic stenosis (AS) is linked to TL in aortic ... Aortic valves were obtained from patients (n = 83) undergoing aortic valve replacement for AS, aortic valve ...