Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aortic Stenosis is one of the most serious and common heart valve diseases, often progressing silently and leading to severe, life-threatening outcomes if left undetected. Early symptoms are ...

Surgery is the default strategy for the treatment of symptomatic patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis, but the US valve guidelines say that TAVI can be considered as an alternative to surgery after ...

In the final infant, still alive and not operated on, the diagnosis was based on clear-cut angiographic visualization of aortic-valve obstruction.

“Aortic valve stenosis” is an often-overlooked condition and a growing health concern in ageing societies such as Thailand. With an increasing elderly population and a rise in age-related ...

People with aortic stenosis can have chest tightness and shortness of breath -- or no symptoms at all. WebMD explains the different ways this type of valve disease can affect your heart.

Successful replacement of the mitral valve with a ball-valve prosthesis in a ten-month-old female infant with severely symptomatic congenital mitral stenosis is described.

A pediatric cardiologist usually diagnoses and manages aortic stenosis. Several procedures are available to repair or replace the aortic valve. First-degree relatives of your child should talk with ...