Minimally invasive heart procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and MitraClip placement to treat mitral regurgitation can improve quality of life, and even be lifesaving, for ...

The tricuspid valve is anatomically complex. It’s often called the “forgotten valve” because of its position in the back of ...

For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appeared to offer better prevention of stroke and thromboembolic events ...

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Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures ...

Results Six patients had balloon angioplasty; in one, a Wingspan stent deployed successfully after angioplasty failed to relieve the stenosis. Mean post-treatment stenosis was 41.0±33.0%. In one ...

95% CI 1.99 to 2.77), while confirming that increasing mortality associated with MR severity persisted in the presence of aortic stenosis. To our knowledge, this is the largest study of (reported) MR ...

particularly for heart valve diseases, offering hope to patients who may have limited treatment options.” Aortic stenosis, a severe and life-threatening condition, occurs when the aortic valve ...

Background Valvular diseases are widely recognized as important etiologies for large vessel occlusion stroke (LVO) but their impact on outcomes among patients with LVO receiving endovascular treatment ...

The left heart pump consists of the left atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve ... of cardiac function (as in dilated cardiomyopathy), or the diastolic portion (as in diastolic ...