Bristol, after last time’s sold out edition for the first Valve show on the road since the reincarnation, I’m hyped to welcome the Hospitality family into the fold as we take over the killer ...

These changes may lead to complications in people with heart disease. Other common causes of valve disease are: birth defects that produce irregularly shaped aortic valves or narrowed mitral ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at what adult cardiologists should know about congenital heart disease patients. He then discusses sudden cardiac arrest and death in competitive and recreational ...

About heart valve disorders and their causes.

The incidence and prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD) is increasing and has been described as the next cardiac epidemic. Advances in imaging and therapeutics have revolutionized how we assess ...

Chronic consumption of high levels of caffeine a day can lead to an increase in high heart rate and blood pressure that persists after resting from a step test, increasing the risk of cardiovascular ...

1 The Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 The Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Become familiar with current criteria for defining ...

Once you have made the decision to have heart valve replacement surgery, you, along with your surgeon, will need to decide what type of replacement valve is best for you. There are several types of ...

Treatment of obstructive thrombus requires a decision between slow, low-dose fibrinolysis or valve surgery. Factors which need to be considered include thrombus size, New York Heart Association Class, ...

The demographic transition, with the growth of the elderly population, has changed the global age pyramid, making frailty more common and prevalent. According to a meta-analysis of 21 studies, ...

Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries ... Participant ...

In the long term, regular binge drinking can also increase your risk of becoming dependent on alcohol, alcohol-related cancer and heart disease. Sign up to our fortnightly Heart Matters newsletter to ...