RATES of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) exceed 20% in patients with aortic regurgitation (AR). A new retrospective ...

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

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

Cardiologists use echocardiography to diagnose a range of functional or structural abnormalities of the heart. Using more ...

For the estimated 1.6 million Americans diagnosed with symptomatic tricuspid valve regurgitation each year, a significant ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

Aortic valve calcium score (AVCa) measured on noncontrast computed tomography (CT) is well-established for grading aortic stenosis (AS) severity. However, thresholds for AVCa measured on contrast CT ...

More patients from the notification group than from the control group received a billing code indicative of severe aortic stenosis at 90 days (61.5% vs. 47.9%; P = .04) and 180 days (70.5% vs. 55. ...

It isn't always easy to hear the difference between aortic valve calcification and aortic stenosis, but an echocardiogram gives a very accurate measurement of the aortic valve opening.If you have ...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) were screened for enrollment and, after it was confirmed they was eligible for the study (aortic valve area of 1.0 cm2 or ...

Paper cited: Tanguturi V et al. “Electronic Provider Notification to Facilitate the Recognition and Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial” Circulation DOI: 10.1161 ...