There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better understand the development of this common disease, researchers from Bochum ...

The systolic blood pressure is often unremarkable; somewhat surprisingly, systolic hypertension is found in 40% of patients with critical aortic stenosis. [13] ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Over the past 15 years, the increasing use of echocardiography has dramatically changed our understanding of the prevalence and progression of aortic-valve stenosis. Aortic stenosis may be due to r ...

As the stenosis progresses, a resting gradient develops across the aortic valve. The left ventricle responds by developing hypertrophy to overcome the stenosis.

Biventricular Pressure-Volume Loops During Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: The Relationship Between Physiology and Health Status Outcomes ...

Closed Loop Medicine's smartphone app for blood pressure monitoring has shown proof-of-concept in the Cure-19 study.

Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Iranian flexibility in ...

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...