About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots around the valve leaflets (known as subclinical leaflet thrombosis) that reduced the motion of ...

French medtech company Cardiawave has gained an EU CE mark for its non-invasive ultrasound therapy (NIUT) Valvosoft, marking the first device of its kind available to patients with a form of heart ...

Someone living with aortic stenosis that progresses quickly often has a worse outlook. But you can take steps to catch this heart issue early and work with your healthcare team to treat it. Your ...

An aortic root aneurysm is a bulge in the first section of the aorta, where the artery joins the heart and aortic valve. Treatment for an aortic root aneurysm can help prevent serious complications.

An aortic stenosis murmur is an unusual sound the heart makes due to a narrowing of the aortic heart valve. The narrowed heart valve restricts blood flow from the heart, which can create a murmur.

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve that affects how blood flows through the heart and body. While not often linked to heart valve narrowing, high and irregular blood pressure can ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first in the United States to randomize a patient in a clinical trial looking at whether a plant compound derived from mangoes ...

Do you notice your elderly parents becoming breathless after light activity or feeling unusually tired even while resting? It is easy to overlook such signs as normal ageing, but occasionally the ...