The aorta is widest at the point where it connects to the heart's left ventricle through the aortic valve; then, it gets progressively narrower as it descends into the abdomen. The aorta is divided ...

A Knob Noster man has been arrested for alleged sex crimes against a minor. A probable cause statement attached to the arrest warrant indicates a minor child under the age of 14 has come forward ...

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood leaks back into the left ventricle due to a leaky aortic valve. This is a type of valve disease in the heart. Aortic regurgitation can lead to some heart ...

An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a type of mechanical device used to assist blood flow. It's implanted into the body's largest blood vessel (aorta), and inflates and deflates with each heartbeat ...

The trial, whose results were published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine, could change the way doctors treat severe aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the valve that controls blood ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Further follow-up from the ALIGN-AR trial confirm the safety and continued efficacy of the Trilogy heart valve system (JenaValve) for the treatment of patients with severe, symptomatic ...

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction, current guidelines recommend routine clinical surveillance every 6 to 12 months. Data from ...

Early aortic valve intervention with SAVR/TAVR among patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis, normal EF, and with evidence of LGE on CMR did not improve the primary composite endpoint of all-cause ...