BACKGROUND: Aortic valve calcification increases leaflet stiffness and contributes to the development of calcific aortic valve disease. The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying calcification ...

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence of the relationship between aortic and iliac calcification and aortic events (aortic dissection or aneurysm rupture) and major adverse limb events (MALEs; ...

Epiaortic ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the detection of atherosclerosis. In several studies, the technique has identified atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as the major risk factor ...

New evidence shows regular aspirin use is associated with a lower incidence of aortic valve calcification and aortic stenosis ...

A new study on aortic stenosis, the most common form of heart valve disease, has identified more than 200 new genes that predispose individuals to this condition, for which no treatment currently ...

F]-sodium fluoride PET-CT imaging could help to risk stratify patients with a bicuspid aortic valve for preventative aortic surgery.

CEO and founder Wayne Paterson discussed the company’s DurAVR transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program, recent ...

近日，华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院（武汉协和医院）心血管外科研究团队在 Circulation杂志发表的一项研究发现了一个可潜在延缓或预防钙化性主动脉瓣疾病进展的新治疗靶点——蛋白质精氨酸甲基转移酶3（PRMT3）。

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital hosted a patient reunion today, bringing together doctors and the people they have helped save. The event offers former patients the chance ...

Debates for and against intervention focused on that key window when cardiac damage has arrived, but not yet symptoms.

Emboline expects that its technology designed to reduce stroke risk during structural heart procedures will launch in the US and Europe later this year.