Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis can be very helpful in both the diagnosis and determining the severity of disease. The typical murmur of aortic stenosis is a high ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

In asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis, the survival is similar to age-matched controls. [1,16] The mainstay of medical treatment for these patients is simply appropriate ...

People with severe aortic stenosis should have it done every six to 12 months. (Howard LeWine, M.D., is an internist at ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

A first-of-its-kind therapy successfully slowed plaque progression in patients with aortic stenosis. Ataciguat may reduce the need for surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Having any sleep disorder was independently linked to a higher likelihood for developing aortic stenosis, although dyslipidemia appeared to be an important mediator of the risk Data from the ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally.

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had ...

Researchers found that at five years, patients with severe aortic stenosis who were treated with either TAVR or surgery had comparable rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke.

Patients with severe aortic stenosis at low surgical risk who underwent supra-annular, self-expanding Evolut transcatheter ...