With regional differences in which name is used for the aortic fix, some say unity is needed. Others can live with both.

Incidence of stroke within 72 hours after TAVI or before discharge, if sooner, came out a similar 2.1% with and 2.2% without ...

The life expectancy for someone with aortic stenosis depends on a variety of factors. Older age, severe calcium buildup of ...

A normal aortic valve is made up of three sections, called leaflets. But sometimes people are born with a valve that has only two leaflets, known as a bicuspid aortic valve. The slightly abnormal ...

[11–14] Calcific aortic valve disease is characterized by progressive aortic valve leaflet thickening and calcification that results in a valve that does not fully open and thus partially ...

Aortic regurgitation can result from abnormalities of the aortic valve leaflets, dilation of the aortic root, or a severe increase in afterload. When the aortic leaflets are involved, there is ...

As we get older, calcium can form on the valve’s leaflets. As this deposit builds up, the opening can become narrower and blood can’t flow as easily through the valve. When aortic valve stenosis ...

Leaflets open to let blood move through the heart and out ... Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy aortic valve (illustrated ...

The mitral valve is the most commonly repaired heart valve, but the aortic, pulmonic, and tricuspid valves may also undergo some of these repair techniques. If your valve can be repaired ...

announced today the first commercial procedures with ShortCut™ - the world's first dedicated leaflet modification device, enabling valve-in-valve (ViV) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) ...

Aortic regurgitation (AR) may occur due to damage to the aortic valve leaflets or as a result of dilation of the aortic annulus. As the disease progresses, symptoms of heart failure eventually occur.

This triggers, the differentiation of valve interstitial cells into an osteoblast phenotype, which causes aortic valve fibrosis and calcification (sclerosis) and eventually hemodynamic obstruction ...