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 ...
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Mechanical Valves: A Lifeline for Middle-Aged Adults
A study reveals that middle-aged adults fare better with mechanical aortic valves compared to animal tissue-based valves. The research, presented at the Society for Thoracic Surgery annual meeting, ...
What you need to know about the silent threat of aortic stenosis?
Aortic stenosis, affecting nine million people globally, is often unnoticed as symptoms are mistaken for aging. This heart ...
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Unveiling the genetic roots of bicuspid aortic valve
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 ...
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Link between gene duplications and deletions within chromosome region and 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 ...
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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 ...
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Enhanced recovery in type A aortic dissection evaluating the efficacy and feasibility of early myocardial reperfusion
The patient flow diagram is shown in Figure 1 ... confirmed diagnosis of TAAD via thoracic and abdominal aortic CTA, and a preoperative cardiac ultrasound examination confirming the condition of the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...