Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

Aortic stenosis is fairly uncommon among young people, though not absent. In younger folks, the disease is typically caused by a congenital heart condition. As we age, calcium deposits can build up ...

ACURATE neo2 TAVI achieves high success in severe bicuspid aortic stenosis, demonstrating strong 30-day safety and efficacy.

Women are often underdiagnosed and undertreated when it comes to heart disease, particularly conditions like aortic stenosis.

Myval THV matches SAPIEN and Evolut THVs in 30-day outcomes, supporting its role in severe aortic stenosis treatment.

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Aortic valve function was evaluated using Doppler methods: aortic stenosis severity was assessed by the transaortic mean gradient and the aortic valve area calculated by the continuity equation.

As cavitation bubbles collapse, they produce shock waves inducing mechanical softening of the targeted calcified valve leaflet. Therapeutic dose ... had severe CAS (mean AV area, 0.61±0.18 cm2; mean ...

Hemodynamic obstruction (stenosis) appears when more than half of its normal area is ... of valve interstitial cells into an osteoblast phenotype, which causes aortic valve fibrosis and ...

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 ...