There are three main forms of aortic valve disease: congenital abnormalities, such as a bicuspid valve that leads to premature calcification; calcification of the normal trileaflet valve ...

“as a decision-support aid in the detection of severe aortic stenosis”. Aortic stenosis is when the aortic heart valves narrow, usually owing to calcification. This makes it harder for the ...

In patients with a borderline annulus size, the valve was selected based on aortic root size, extent of leaflet calcification and individual ... haemolysis was observed in 6 patients (2.1%) with ...

Background Current guidelines recommend transcatheter aortic valve ... were entered into valve registry in place at our Heart Valve Unit and provided written informed consent. This study enrolled ...

Aortic valve leaflets were embedded in optimal cutting temperature ... Semiquantitative assessment of valve fibrosis (1: mild, 2: moderate, 3: severe) and calcification (Warren-Yong score—1: absent, 2 ...

Aortic stenosis may be caused by rheumatic disease, a congenital bicuspid valve or calcification of a trileaflet valve ... includes both aortic sclerosis without outflow obstruction and severe valvar ...

DurAVR® THV is constructed from a single piece of molded ADAPT® tissue, Anteris’ patented anti-calcification ... heart valve and to prepare for and enrol participants in a global randomised pivotal ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...