Aortic valve calcification (AVC) has been shown to be a powerful assessment of aortic stenosis (AS) severity and a predictor of adverse outcomes. However, its accuracy in patients with low-flow AS has ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

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With severe (critical) aortic stenosis, a baby is very ill. The symptoms of aortic stenosis can be like other health conditions. Make sure your child sees their healthcare provider for a diagnosis.

Aortic stenosis often goes undetected unless patients go for a routine health checkup with their general practitioner, which involves the doctor detecting heart murmurs through a stethoscope. This is ...

Physician-scientists found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure. A research ...

Methods This prospective cohort study consecutively enrolled patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who underwent successful TAVR ... ACG analysis revealed distinctive patterns of early ...

Long before we're born, our heart's tissues twitch and convulse in a rhythm that only ceases in our final hour. It's a function so mechanical we could be forgiven for overlooking its complexity. Yet ...