Heart Valve Disease (HVD) is a condition that occurs when one or more of the heart’s valves do not function properly. The heart has four valves-the mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary ...

Six years ago, the mother of four was lying in a hospital bed, recovering from open-heart surgery after her condition had ...

US Food & Drug Administration. American Heart Association. A patient's guide to taking warfarin. Additional Reading Owais T, Rouman M, Breuer M, et al. Anticoagulation After Biological Aortic Valve ...

2 Centre National de Référence pour le syndrome de Marfan et apparentés, Hôpital Bichat, AP-HP, Paris, France Background Bicuspid aortic ... echocardiography. Aortic valve function was evaluated using ...

On detailed evaluation which included detailed physical examination, echocardiography and CT aortogram, it was revealed that he had severe calcific bicuspid aortic valve stenosis and a dilated ...

5 Centre de Ressources Biologique, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bichat Hospital, Paris, France 6 Centre d'Investigation Clinique 007, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Bichat Hospital, ...

Once you have made the decision to have heart valve replacement surgery, you, along with your surgeon, will need to decide what type of replacement valve is best for you. There are several types of ...

Nevertheless, in developing countries and thus worldwide, rheumatic heart disease is ... Toledo, Spain Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent valve pathology, and calcific valve disease ...

The safety of the Ross procedure, the low rates of reintervention, and the lack of a need for anticoagulants are particularly important in India, because if a heart procedure leads to ...

In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

Mechanical aortic valve replacements offer significant long-term survival benefits for patients aged 60 and younger compared to bioprosthetic valves. Despite this, the use of mechanical valves has ...