CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels is making a significant impact on heart health in the community with its Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement program.

Its major complication is hemoptysis, or coughing up blood or mucus mixed with blood. Aortic stenosis: With this condition, the aortic valve doesn’t open completely when it should, making the heart ...

Each heavy vertical line represents two-tenths second. Note the double systolic sound associated with the double summit of the pulsus bisferiens in this case of severe aortic stenosis. The purpose ...

Aortic stenosis is a disease often diagnosed in its asymptomatic phase due to its distinct murmur and the widespread use of noninvasive imaging. The history, however, is still of paramount ...

They will check for changes in heart rate as well as listen for murmurs, both of which could indicate aortic regurgitation. The primary tool used for diagnosis is echocardiography. This form of ...

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain 2 Laboratory of Vascular Pathophysiology, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain Aortic stenosis (AS ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds. The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert ...

Until now, patients with aortic stenosis—a narrowing of one of the heart's main valves—have had to wait until symptoms become severe before undergoing valve replacement. Findings from the ...

"Although TAVR for moderate aortic stenosis in patients with systolic heart failure on guideline-directed medical therapy was safe, it did not affect the primary hierarchical composite endpoint at ...

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 ...

The EARLY TAVR trial showed that TAVR for stage C aortic stenosis was beneficial compared with clinical surveillance. The primary outcome, death, stroke, or unplanned hospitalization for ...