While statins can reduce LDL levels and ASCVD events, high Lp(a) poses an independent risk that will need attention, too.

Along with age and location, your dog’s breed can significantly impact your pet insurance costs. Certain breeds are more ...

In a trial that many are calling landmark, transcatheter aortic valve replacement had better outcomes than surveillance for ...

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood leaks back into the left ventricle due to a leaky aortic valve. This is a type of valve disease in the heart. Aortic regurgitation can lead to some heart ...

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 ...

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.

50% to 80% cases have cardiovascular anomalies due to defective elastin gene. Cardiac lesions reported in Williams syndrome are supravalvular or subvalvular aortic stenosis (72%), valvar or peripheral ...

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 ...