There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't even realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated?

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

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated? Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns has the answers.

Yang noted that SAVR and TAVR on their own just put valves in without any change in annular structure. Surgeons often turn ...

In DETECT AS, the passive notifications improved rates of AVR and boosted survival, with bigger gains in women.

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

Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of all-cause mortality or worsening heart failure by 28% in patients with aortic stenosis ...

Enzo Cornejo tells the anaesthetists he wants to know exactly when they are going to put him to sleep. There’s something ...

Calcific Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly: A Brief Overview Neil Sawhney, MD, Alborz Hassankhani, MD, PhD, Barry H. Greenberg, MD Disclosures Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2003;12 (3) Conclusion ...

The endothelium lining the valve plays a critical role. It’s very important whether the valve consists of two or three leaflets.