Enzo Cornejo tells the anaesthetists he wants to know exactly when they are going to put him to sleep. There’s something ...

An 18-year-old from Cacocum became the first patient in Holguín to undergo a microtia reconstructive surgery at the Octavio de la Concepción de la ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better understand the development of this common disease, researchers from Bochum ...

Many people around the age of 60 experience a decline in physical performance due to aortic valve stenosis. In this condition the heart valve, which is located between the left ventricle and the ...

Although an ejection click is common with a bicuspid aortic valve, it is rarely heard in senile aortic stenosis. The intensity of the second heart sound is often diminished due to the immobility ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Schematic overview of the natural progression of calcific aortic valve disease with its current treatment options and novel potential therapeutic targets that may slow or reverse the disease course.

Over the past 15 years, the increasing use of echocardiography has dramatically changed our understanding of the prevalence and progression of aortic-valve stenosis. Aortic stenosis may be due to r ...

Successful Acute Valve-in-Valve Implantation Using Evolut FX Transcatheter Valve in a Failed Non-Calcified Stentless Subcoronary Toronto (SJM) Valve With Severe Aortic Regurgitation Receive the the ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...