Correspondence to Professor Catherine M Otto, Division of Cardiology ... more detailed guidance is provided for choice of valve prosthesis type and implantation mode in patients with severe valvular ...

Since 1996, the color commentator has teamed with Joe Beninati in the Washington Capitals’ booth. Heart issues will force a ...

Aortic stenosis (AS) was historically considered a disease ... including visual 2-dimentional (2D) evaluation, M-mode, doppler, tissue doppler imaging (TDI), strain and 3-dimentional (3D) imaging. A ...

Citation: Mechanical valves offer superior long-term survival for aortic valve replacement patients aged 60, study finds (2025, January 27) retrieved 29 January 2025 from https://medicalxpress.com ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in which the valve between the heart and the main artery that carries blood to the rest of the body becomes ...

Mortality rates were also significantly higher in patients with AS plus ATTR‐CA who had aortic valve replacement (a surrogate for severe AS) than in patients with only AS. Compared with patients with ...