Criteria for who should get heart surgery and when are based primarily on research in men, but two studies suggest this leads ...

Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting heart disease risk, particularly among people who are not classified as ...

Women with moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation managed without surgery show worse survival than men. Measures of left ...

With approximately 35 million people affected by aortic conditions globally medical science has introduced a minimally invasive treatment known as TEVAR Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair ...

Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage ...

After an aortic valve replacement last year, the former athlete explains how he prepared – and what helped most during ...

This study provides valuable insights into human valve development by integrating snRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics to characterize cell populations and regulatory programs in the embryonic and ...

A 16-year-old boy with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) presents to the clinic for counseling regarding sports participation. He is interested in joining the varsity swimming team, but his mother expressed ...

Chef and restaurateur Adam Hegsted kept a busy pace with his Eat Good Group of regional eateries, but that screeched to a halt more than a year ago. Hegsted, who exercises most days, hadn’t felt ...

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium. In our patient, an FFR measurement caused a concomitant dissection of the right coronary artery, the aorta and pulmonary artery. No ...