Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) are at high risk of mortality, regardless of symptom status. Despite ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) affect about 2 million people in the United States. Most AAAs are small when diagnosed and typically are monitored until they grow large enough to ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

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 ...

Of 207 patients considered for elective AAA repair, 27 (13%) did not undergo surgery. The reasons are displayed in Table 1. Two patients with chronic renal failure had a serum creatinine level greater ...

Noridian Healthcare Solutions opened a draft local coverage determination for gene tests for heritable thoracic aortic disease per a request from Invitae Corp., of San Francisco, which makes a ...

A Leicestershire farmer has become the first person in the UK to join a trial to test whether a type 2 diabetes drug can ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...