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Aortic-valve disease severe enough to require definitive surgical ... was utilized only in patients with pure or predominant mitral stenosis. The results of the two methods do not differ ...

Use the updated AnticoagEvaluator to make informed decisions on initiation of antithrombotic therapy for patients with clinical atrial fibrillation (AF) who do not have moderate to severe mitral ...

helse-bergen.no Objective To assess the safety and tolerability of treadmill exercise testing and the association of revealed symptoms with outcome in apparently asymptomatic patients with moderate to ...

Results Mean follow-up was 5.5±3.1 years. Fifty-six patients (52%) with severe AS and 20 patients (34%) with very severe AS were asymptomatic. Very severe AS had poorer survival and valve-related ...

When it comes to heart health, many conditions are tricky to diagnose because their symptoms can be similar to others, and ...

A term, healthy infant presented with respiratory distress and severe pulmonary hypertension (PH ... Left ventricular ejection fraction was moderately reduced at 35% with normal dimensions. The mitral ...

When aortic valve stenosis becomes severe, the valve should usually be replaced. Valve insufficiency or regurgitation happens more often in the mitral valve. When a valve leaks, the leaflets don’t ...

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the right upper sternal border, that peaks late and radiates to the right carotid artery. [10] The ...

There is no cure for spinal stenosis, and it usually worsens over time. Most cases of spinal stenosis are treated conservatively with medication and physical therapy, which can improve symptoms. In ...

We determined the effect of post-procedure stenosis after intracranial PTAS on subsequent clinical events in patients with severe symptomatic intracranial stenosis. Methods We categorized the severity ...