In an era of rapidly expanding use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is far less well established than in those ...

Heart disease is a general term that describes problems with the heart. Congenital heart disease is a type of heart disease ...

Both current-generation balloon-expandable valves (BEVs) and self-expanding valves (SEVs) are effective for bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, showing a comparably high rate of technical success and ...

Background: Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is the preferred treatment option for patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). Recently, several patients with mixed aortic valve disease, ...

The first step is to ensure that the patient is on the right medications. For aortic disease patients, the current major goal of medical therapy is to ensure that the average systolic blood pressure ...

Although an ejection click is common with a bicuspid aortic valve, it is rarely heard in senile aortic stenosis. The intensity of the second heart sound is often diminished due to the immobility ...

[5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to alter the structure and motion of the valve leaflets and thus prevent the normal opening of the aortic cusps. The cause of this ...

Prescription weight loss medications, including GLP-1 agonists, orlistat, and Contrave, may be effective for some people. But other lifestyle changes are still necessary for long-term success.

The echocardiogram also found that Bugay had a congenital heart disease called bicuspid aortic valve syndrome, when a person has just two flaps of tissue ... Charles Jain, who read Buday's ...