Thoughtful discussion on the unmet clinical needs in treating abdominal aortic aneurysms and approaches to creating future ...

Blood enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve and leaves through the aortic valve. A stenotic valve is a valve opening that has gotten smaller and is partially obstructing blood flow. In ...

Kuwait doctors perform historic first kidney transplant exchange to improve organ services.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I see screening tests advertised often. For $160 I can get screened for conditions that might cause stroke, ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

Here are some key practices to maintain a healthy aorta: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked get an ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic ...

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

They then shut tightly until the next heartbeat. If you have aortic regurgitation, the flaps around your aortic valve — the valve that pumps blood to your heart — don’t close fully.

With a focus on endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms ( ...

What is aortic valve stenosis? Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) means that the aortic valve is narrow and cannot open fully. It can also be known as: aortic stenosis valvular aortic stenosis. The aortic ...