Aortic stenosis is 1 of the most common heart valve diseases among adults. When symptoms develop, prognosis is poor, and current guidelines recommend prompt aortic valve replacement. Depending of the ...

Objective We retrospectively analysed outcome data from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) study to assess the incidence and potential risk factors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) ...

Fortuitous findings of abdominal aortic calcification in patients with no known disease or information on cardiovascular risk factors, should be considered to be an indication for diagnostic testing ...

unn.no Objective To assess prevalence, incidence, prognosis and progression of degenerative valvular aortic stenosis (AS). Setting The Tromsø Study and the University Hospital of North Norway. Design ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has transformed the treatment of aortic stenosis. 1 A series of strategy trials comparing TAVI with surgical aortic valve replacement established TAVI as ...

uni-essen.de The aorta represents a complex organ system which begins in the aortic ring adjacent to the aortic root with the origin of the two major coronary arteries, and ends at the iliac ...

This year’s report provides the external sector assessment of 30 of the world’s largest economies on the basis of their 2023 data. With tight monetary policy conditions in key advanced economies ...

Mitral valve. Located between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Aortic valve. Located between the left ventricle and the aorta. As the heart muscle contracts and relaxes, the valves open and ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

Objectives To describe medical management in aortic dissection (AD) and to analyse the possible associations between antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anticoagulant and statin agents, respectively, ...

This article reviews these issues mainly based on the data from the Contemporary Outcomes after Surgery and Medical Treatment in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis (CURRENT AS) registry, which was a ...

The first mouse model of BAV was reported in mice with targeted deletion of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and suggests that this signalling pathway is critical for aortic valvulogenesis.