A young man’s undiagnosed acromegaly leads to severe cardiac complications, highlighting the genetic links and diagnostic ...

Results Structural CV abnormalities were identified in 33 athletes (12%), including arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies in 3, aortic root dilation in 3, valvular diseases in 7 (mitral valve prolapse in 4, ...

Bramel et al, Intrinsic GATA4 expression sensitizes the aortic root to dilation in a Loeys–Dietz syndrome mouse model, Nature Cardiovascular Research (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44161-024-00562-5 ...

Significant aortic aneurysm was defined as aortic root or mid-ascending aorta dimension ≥50 mm. Progressive aortic dilation was defined as increase in aortic dimension ≥2 mm. Results Of the 453 ...

Re-dilation of the space between the native leaflets and the ... Other possible causes are compression by aortic root hematoma, endothelialization of the prosthetic valve, thrombosis of the leaflets, ...

The prevalence and clinical significance of aortic valve prolapse were determined prospectively in 2000 consecutive patients undergoing routine clinical cross sectional echocardiography. Two hundred ...

The main harm comes from false-positive ultrasounds, which often must be confirmed by an angiogram. About 1% of people get a ...

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

which is supported by the sinuses of Valsalva in the aortic root. Calcium in the aortic valve by itself may not cause problems, but it can keep the valve from being able to open all the way ...

Ahmedabad: Keeping its cardiac focus in the medical device sector, Zydus MedTech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian pharma major Zydus Lifesciences, has obtained commercial rights to an aortic ...