The main harm comes from false-positive ultrasounds, which often must be confirmed by an angiogram. About 1% of people get a ...

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 ...

THE primary purpose of this report is to emphasize the relation of a high-pitched "squeaking" or "musical" systolic murmur to aortic stenosis and calcification of the aortic valve. This is not so ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A first-of-its-kind therapy successfully slowed plaque progression in patients with aortic stenosis.

The most common cause of aortic stenosis in a person over age 70 years is calcification of a normal trileaflet aortic valve; this process is sometimes referred to as “senile degeneration.” ...

Data from the largest retrospective analysis of ENPP1 Deficiency provides insights into the evolution of the disease’s ...

When aortic stenosis occurs, there is a tightening and oftentimes calcification of the aortic valve and that leads that valve to not be pliable but very rigid. And when the valve can't open ...

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how aortic valve size is associated with the degree of valve calcification in ...

BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...