Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

Congenital aortic stenosis results from fusion of the aortic valve leaflets at birth. Sudden death without prior symptoms occurs in about 15% of cases. Balloon valvotomy is the treatment of choice ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

The data raise questions about valve hemodynamics and the role of early imaging to stay ahead of clinical and subclinical ...

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

A novel therapeutic showed significant promise in slowing aortic valve calcification, potentially extending time until or eliminating need for transcatheter or surgical intervention for stenosis, ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally. Researchers are exploring the use of a new drug called ataciguat to ...

Medtronic released positive two-year trial Evolut TAVR results that demonstrated superior valve performance in small aortic ...