The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of the body. So the heart pumps blood through the aortic valve to all the cells in the body.

Increased awareness of these coexisting conditions may help facilitate earlier screening and improve prognosis," suggested study authors led by Ahmad Masri, MD, MS, of Oregon Health & Science ...

Aortic stenosis is fairly uncommon among young people, though not absent. In younger folks, the disease is typically caused by a congenital heart condition. As we age, calcium deposits can build up ...

With the Ross procedure, the diseased aortic valve is replaced with the patient's own healthy pulmonary valve and the pulmonary valve is replaced with donor tissue. The intricate operation can ...

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 TTE is a non-invasive diagnostic test that uses ultrasound waves to create images of the ... buildup in your heart valve.