verywellhealth1d
What Are Heart Sounds and How to Know If They’re Normal
Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...
Frontiers1d
Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Prevention During Endovascular and Open Aortic Repairs
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...
Opinion
GUEST COLUMN: Common causes of heart valve disease
Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.
openheart.bmj15d
Impact of porcelain aorta on outcomes in transfemoral aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with balloon-expandable valves
Background Current guidelines recommend transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for patients with aortic stenosis and porcelain aorta (PA). Neurological outcomes of patients with PA undergoing ...
health.economictimes.indiatimes15d
Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages of 40 and 79. They found that in those aged 60 or younger, mechanical ...
Reuters16d
Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
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 ...
Medscape21d
Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve and Coronary Artery Disease Visualized by 64-slice CT
Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Multislice CT demonstrated a significant narrowing in the proximal left ...
ahajournals.org22d
Novel Real-Time Fluoroscopic Assessment Method of Transcatheter Heart Valve Expansion Following Balloon-Expandable TAVR
Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a SAPIEN 3 (S3) THV had documented 3 cusp and cusp overlap views, and post-implant computed tomography was identified. THV expansion ...
ahajournals.org25d
Non-Canonical TERT Activity Initiates Osteogenesis in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Calcific aortic valve disease is the pathological remodeling of valve leaflets. The initial steps in valve leaflet osteogenic reprogramming are not fully understood. As TERT (telomerase reverse ...
openheart.bmj25d
Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aim This study aimed to systematically review and analyse the existing evidence on outcomes of emergency transcatheter aortic valve implantation (eTAVI ... left ventricular function and lower rates of ...
Medscape26d
Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly: Role of Echocardiography
In healthy individuals with a normal valve, minimal energy ... for any reason, coronary artery disease, or dilated cardiomyopathy, aortic cusp separation would be less than normal.