Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...

By creating artificial aging in mice, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the formation of ...

There is a lot of talk at the moment about fears of World War 3 breaking out and conscription being introduced. And while it ...

In EARLY TAVR, intervention improved outcomes over waiting in patients with class II or no indications for AVR consideration.

TOPLINE: In patients with chronic heart failure (HF), the presence of aortic valve (AV) sclerosis appeared to reflect a more severe disease rather than serve as an independent prognostic factor ...

Firstly, in contrast to normal valves, sclerotic aortic valve tissues demonstrably express angiotensin II and ACE, which may contribute to valve inflammation, calcification, and disease progression.

It is rather surprising that this frequent and almost specific tonal quality of the murmur of aortic stenosis receives little emphasis in clinical teaching. No mention of it is found in many ...

Patients with native aortic valve sclerosis or nonsevere aortic stenosis with at least 12 months of echocardiographic follow-up were included. Patients were excluded if they had an estimated ...

Source Reference: Lindman BR, El-Sabawi B "SGLT2 inhibition in aortic stenosis: a therapy for the ventricle, the valve, or both?" JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.12.025.

Objective Mild aortic valve stenosis (AS) and aortic valve (AV) sclerosis are associated with diastolic dysfunction and increased mortality in the general population. This study specifically ...