Background Aortic stenosis (AS) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF), but its prevalence, prognostic impact and management across the full HF spectrum remain incompletely characterised. Methods ...

With many more potential years of life left compared with their older counterparts, patients younger than 65 present challenges when it comes to the management of severe aortic valve disease, a review ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes ...

The endothelium lining the valve plays a critical role. It’s very important whether the valve consists of two or three leaflets. There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If ...

University of California, Irvine and Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health researchers have identified fundamental structural and functional differences between two major causes of mitral valve stenosis ...

A newborn's heart will grow roughly 15 times larger in volume by the time adulthood is reached — a remarkable transformation ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

Heart valve disorders are characterised by reduced or lost function of one or more of the four valves of the heart and may occur as the result of congenital defects or damage due to infection or ...

Take this news to heart. You could have a common condition that increases your risk of heart attack and stroke — and not even know it. More than a quarter of “healthy” adults over 60 have undiagnosed ...

Doctors at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, successfully performed a complex heart valve procedure on a 78-year-old patient.

As a super-fit Olympic medallist, I always felt a bit of a fraud as I sat in the cardiology unit waiting for my annual ...