The woman's doctors checked her heart function with an echocardiogram, which uses ultrasound to visualize blood flow through the heart's valves and chambers. They also used cardiac catheterization, ...

Women are less likely than men to be given treatment for a potentially fatal heart condition, according to a new analysis. Researchers found women are 11% less likely to be referred to a hospital ...

The research showed that after a diagnosis of aortic stenosis, women are 11% less likely to be referred on to secondary care ...

ExploreAmerican Cancer Society reports ‘elevated cancer burden’ for Black Americans “In pediatrics, one of the biggest challenges is that kids grow, and their heart valves change size over ...

A large study presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester has revealed that women, ethnic ...

Black Patients ... advanced heart and blood vessel procedures, a trio of new studies says. Women face a higher risk of complications after procedures aimed at replacing heart valves or altering ...

valve issues, or heart muscle damage. “Echocardiogram provides a black-and-white image that lets us evaluate the size and movement of the heart,” says Dr. Upadhyay. The test is typically ...

Women are less likely than men to receive treatment for aortic stenosis, a new study supported by the British Heart Foundation reveals.

A grandmother has been given a “second chance at life” after undergoing a world-first heart valve operation. Julia Butterworth, 53, had two valves in her heart replaced in 2007 after doctors ...

The odds of doing nothing, however, had become much worse and so it was time for a new heart valve and a part of Black’s aorta – the main vessel that transports blood from the heart – to be ...

Calcium deposits narrowed her valve’s opening and that is serious business because the valve carries blood from the heart’s left ... The ones that come in the white rolls.