The heart valve can calcify and cause narrowing of the valve which is called stenosis. Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy ...

A high burden of heart valve diseases is driving its expansion. India’s transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) market ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

The last two decades have seen an increase in the use of biological over mechanical heart valve replacements. However, while ...

(Hurst’s the Heart; 2017;47;24a). Acute aortic regurgitation can be difficult ... on the basis of valve anatomy, valve hemodynamics, LV dilation and dysfunction and the presence or absence ...

GlobalData’s latest report reveals that India accounted for only around 3 per cent of the market in APAC in 2024, due to ...

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Multislice ... was 130/80 mmHg and his heart rate was 84 beats/min.

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart ...

The Heart Valve Devices Market is driven by advancements in aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonary valve technologies. It includes biological and m ...