A quantitative flow ratio (QFR)-guided strategy did not provide the same prognostic benefits as a fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided strategy for patients with intermediate coronary stenosis, based ...

Healthcare professionals in the United States typically use the 2017 American Society of Echocardiography guidelines to separate aortic regurgitation into different types. The identified types ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain 2 Laboratory of Vascular Pathophysiology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain Aortic stenosis (AS ...

Sandra Lesenfants, senior vice president of Abbott’s Structural Heart business, shares an update on MitraClip, TriClip, and ...

The EARLY TAVR trial showed that TAVR for stage C aortic stenosis was beneficial compared with clinical surveillance. The primary outcome, death, stroke, or unplanned hospitalization for ...

Continuing our series exploring diagnoses that can easily be missed, Dr Charlotte Weaver describes a case of aortic stenosis that was initially overlooked A 62-year-old female attended the practice ...

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.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative to surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis, but data are limited on younger, low-risk patients. This analysis compares outcomes ...

Pathophysiological shear rates as observed in aortic valve stenosis (AS) can influence protein conformation and function as observed with vWF (von Willebrand factor). Given the proinflammatory ...