In DETECT AS, the passive notifications improved rates of AVR and boosted survival, with bigger gains in women.

A true test of durability will take many more years, but if the valve holds up, it’s “potentially a game changer,” say ...

Editorial Aortic Stenosis — Listen to the Patient, Look at the Valve Author: Catherine M. Otto, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published August 31, 2000 N Engl J Med 2000;343: 652 - 654 ...

Fred Hoiberg was in the best shape of his life. No symptoms. But a silent aneurysm was ready to kill him. What happened next ...

Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve is rare and may not cause symptoms, but does require treatment. Here is an account of how the problem was detected and treated in a 75-year-old male.

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Enzo Cornejo tells the anaesthetists he wants to know exactly when they are going to put him to sleep. There’s something ...

EchoIQ’s heart-failure AI just hit Mayo’s testing track, chasing FDA clearance and a shot at fixing America’s $60bn hospital headache.

Sometimes screening tests make a great deal of sense; other times they don’t. It all depends on how likely it is that a ...

These include relative hypovolemia due to preoperative fasting, general anesthesia, mechanical ventilation, and surgical manipulation of the heart, which can significantly alter cardiac and valve ...