Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

Due to its unique properties, Lp(a) can vary in size and has no single, defined molecular weight. For this reason, there is a consensus in the scientific community that Lp(a) levels should be measured ...

The concave zone of papillary calculi can contain a range of calcified lesions, from little HAP residues to typical well-developed HAP plaques, also known as Randall's plaques. The morphology of ...

Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China; Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China; ...

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...

In patients with a borderline annulus size, the valve was selected based on aortic root size, extent of leaflet calcification and individual life expectancy. The PVL was assessed using transthoracic ...

Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark (N.S.B.M., J.S.D., M.A., A.H., R.C.-S., J.E.M., K.A.Ø., M.-A.C.). Research center, Institut ...