also known as aortic insufficiency, is a type of valvular heart disease. When it occurs, the compromised valve allows oxygenated blood to flow back into the left ventricle, which is one of the ...

McKay-Dee Hospital has used a relatively new heart procedure that has saved 500-plus lives. Patients would have had to go to ...

Gagnier had aortic stenosis which is narrowing of the aortic valve, causing restriction of blood flow. She was told it was ...

TAVI is a minimally invasive technique. It is typically performed with a catheter, a thin, flexible tube introduced through a small incision, usually in the groin area. The guided catheter delivers ...

could change the way doctors treat severe aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the valve that controls blood flow from the heart. The disease, which has a prognosis worse than that of most cancers ...

This narrows them so blood doesn't flow as fast or as well ... the exit of each of your four heart chambers: the pulmonary valve, aortic valve, mitral valve, and tricuspid valve.

Narrowing of the aortic valve—the heart's main outlet valve—limits blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body. Over time, it can lead to serious complications, including weakness of the ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Edoxaban, an oral anticoagulant, was equally or more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke and blood clots ... heart valve replacement surgery at the aortic and/or mitral position.

University Hospital Galway is the first hospital in the country to use a new biological aortic heart valve, putting it at the ...