2 Systematic short-axis views at mitral valve ... hypertensive heart disease or athlete’s heart should be discarded. An asymmetric pattern of hypertrophy or concomitant left ventricular outflow tract ...

A leaky heart valve occurs when a heart valve doesn’t close properly, allowing blood to flow backward. During pregnancy, this condition can affect circulation and increase strain on your heart.

For conditions such as truncus arteriosus and severe aortic stenosis without good function, infants not only need new heart valves and arteries to survive, but the new tissue also needs to grow ...

This Research Topic delves into the forefront of strategies and technologies designed to improve long-term outcomes for ...

When this valve doesn’t function properly, it can lead to serious heart complications. Mitral Valve Regurgitation: The valve doesn’t close completely, allowing blood to leak backward into the ...

Patients with heart failure who took dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor, after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were significantly less ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

A man has lived for more than 100 days with an artificial maglev heart working inside his chest. In a landmark moment, he was discharged earlier this year, becoming the first person in the world ...

The surgeons had replaced my pulmonary valve with a brand-new one from a cow, and only 72 hours later an echocardiogram showed that, maybe for the first time ever, both chambers of my heart were ...

The Steam Year in Review 2024 recap reveals that the future for Valve hardware is "bright," which may bode well for the Steam Deck 2. Valve previously confirmed that it's working on Steam Deck 2 ...

The effect was also dose dependent. Among weekly users, cannabis was associated with a 3% increased likelihood of heart attack and a 5% increased risk for stroke. The findings echo another ...