Mechanical heart valves have improved long-term survival benefit over biological valves for patients aged 50-70 years, new ...

Repair of the mitral or aortic valve usually involves remodeling of the valve tissue to make it smaller or less redundant (valvular “plastic surgery”), and is most often reinforced with a synthetic ...

Existing guidelines support the use of mechanical valves made of synthetic materials in patients ... only patients who underwent re-do surgical aortic valve replacement or valve in valve ...

The mitral valve is the most commonly repaired heart valve, but the aortic, pulmonic, and tricuspid valves may also undergo some of these repair techniques. If your valve can be repaired ...

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

This procedure involves removing the diseased portion of the aorta and replacing it with a synthetic graft ... This procedure may also be recommended for patients who have aortic valve disease or ...

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 ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.

However, as the disease progresses the peak moves to later in systole since longer time is required to complete LV systole and aortic valve closure is delayed. The intensity of the murmur ...

Existing guidelines support the use of mechanical valves made of synthetic materials in patients ... only patients who ...

Ataciguat, a novel anthranilic acid derivative, may safely slow progression of valve calcification and potentially delay the need for intervention in patients with fibrocalcific aortic valve stenosis, ...