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I see screening tests advertised often. For $160, I can get screened for conditions that might cause strokes, heart disease, ...
Cardiac rehabilitation to improve health-related quality of life following trans-catheter aortic valve implantation: a randomised controlled feasibility study, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 1 ...
Gore & Associates announced that the company’s TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis (TBE) has received FDA approval for us ...
Plaque, which is a collection of calcium, cholesterol and fat, can build up in the body’s blood vessels, restricting blood ...
Introduction Aortic valve calcification (AVC) has been proposed as the main force driving progression of aortic stenosis. Non-contrast computed tomography (CT) can reproducibly quantify AVC and ...
The prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS) and amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) increases with age. While the global prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease is estimated to be >2% in ...
Objective This study aims to evaluate the role of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) in patients with SLE with heart valve ...
In four patients, echocardiography showed duplication of an aortic wall echo. An aortic dissection was present in only one. Other causes for the echocardiographic pattern were abscess in the ...