As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis. In addition, congenital heart defects, rheumatic fever, bacterial infections of ...

Leonardo became obsessed with the heart in the latter period of his remarkable life. He made a prediction about the main blood vessel leaving the heart, the aorta. He had figured out how the flow of ...

Background: There was limited evidence on the clinical benefits of the concomitant Cox-Maze procedure with aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients ...

has significantly reduced progression of aortic valve stenosis in clinical trials. This promising outcome could prevent the need for surgical intervention in patients, offering a potential lifetime ...

Procedural planning and attention to detail can help, but heart teams should be realistic about what lies ahead, experts say.

Aortic valve stenosis, a narrowing due to calcium deposits that forces the heart to work harder to move blood to the body, currently can only be monitored until the condition becomes severe enough ...

Here are some of the advancements that will shape the future of heart care in 2025: ...

The FDA said to stop all use of Philips' Tack Endovascular System, which is under class I recall for user difficulties in ...

PORTSMOUTH — Help the American Heart Association in New Hampshire fund lifesaving research and education by attending the ...