As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

Rationale and design of PROACT Xa: A randomized, multicenter, open-label, clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apixaban versus warfarin in patients with a mechanical On-X Aortic Heart ...

The implantation of the new valve is done without the need to open the heart completely, thereby drastically reducing the ...

From valve repair with MitraClip to advanced aortic-disease solutions, Malaysia’s largest heart hospital is transforming ...

Introduction Aortic stenosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in older patients. The advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers an alternative to surgical aortic ...

The successful treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia in a 24-year-old patient by antibiotic therapy, reoperation, and insertion of a new aortic valve prosthesis three weeks after total aortic ...

A cardiac charity has praised a man from Somerset for raising more than £10,000 for the charity over 20 years, calling his ...

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

A 81-year-old-man from Wells has been left waiting years for answers after surviving a rare post-op heart infection at a ...

One of Britain’s most celebrated Olympians discusses the heart condition which forced him to undergo life-saving surgery ...

Roger Black won a bronze and two silver medals across the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, but recently had to undergo open-heart ...