The main harm comes from false-positive ultrasounds, which often must be confirmed by an angiogram. About 1% of people get a ...

The “passive” notification led to more patients with severe AS undergoing valve replacement, but more can be done still.

With surveillance, conversion to acute valve syndrome happened frequently and was linked to worse clinical outcomes.

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

Dr Celia Antony George, General Practitioner at Aster Clinic, King Faisal Road (Sharjah) says, “A healthier future starts ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that stroke was not prevented by routinely using devices ...

Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) compared with medical management in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are ineligible for ...

Aortic stenosis: With this condition, the aortic valve doesn’t open completely when it should, making the heart have to pump harder to get blood through the valve and into the aorta. It can lead to ...

Pre-ductal aortic coarctation, PDA is above the stenosis; 3. Juxta-ductal aortic coarctation ... or nearby (e.g., mechanical valves, pacemaker, orthopedic prostheses, etc). In these cases, a CT scan ...

I see screening tests advertised often. For $160 I can get screened for conditions that might cause stroke, heart disease, ...

Severe obesity increases the risk of 16 major health conditions, including sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, and liver disease, ...

BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...