Health Rounds: Mechanical aortic valves may be preferable in younger patients needing replacement
Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...
openheart.bmj7d
Systolic blood pressure response during exercise testing in symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
Aims Exercise testing remains underused in patients with aortic stenosis (AS), partly due to concerns about an ...
Medical Xpress15d
Team links gene duplications, deletions within chromosome region to nonsyndromic bicuspid aortic valve disease
Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...
BMJ19d
Direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonist after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Funding The German Aortic Valve RegistrY is supported by the DGK and DGTHG and receives unrestricted grants by medical device companies, the German Heart Foundation and the German Centre for ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine23d
Aortic Stenosis in Children
What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...
Frontiers23d
Evolving perspectives on aortic stenosis: the increasing importance of evaluating the right ventricle before aortic valve intervention
Aortic stenosis (AS) was historically considered a disease of the left side of the heart, with the main pathophysiological ... at increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes after aortic valve ...
Nature24d
Mechanism of Closure of the Aortic Valve
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 ...
Daily Mail24d
Cardiac patients could soon be fitted with heart valves which grow naturally within the body - and end the need for more operations
British cardiac patients will soon be fitted with heart valves that grow naturally within the body, marking a significant advance in treating heart disease. An initial group of over 50 patients ...
The Australian24d
The ‘holy grail’ of heart health: a valve that grows inside you
Heart valves that grow in the body are to be tested in British cardiac patients in a breakthrough for regenerative medicine. More than 50 initial patients will receive a temporary valve made of ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore27d
What is aortic stenosis? Why is this deadly heart condition hard to detect and underdiagnosed in women?
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 ...
newsbytesapp.com29d
Heart health: 5 exercises to improve function and wellness
The aortic valve is essential for the heart's well-being as it controls the flow of blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Perfect for anyone looking to enhance or maintain their heart ...