Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Overall complication rates were similar to those seen with transfemoral access, however, and patients liked it better.

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.

"Smokers face an elevated risk of developing an array of cardiovascular diseases, and many require advanced interventional ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

"While I can’t change my genetics, I can change how I respond to them.” Shari Blem has changed her focus to a heart healthy ...

About three in 100 people will have a brain aneurysm, varying in size from less than 5mm to more than 25mm in diameter. The ...

The AI-driven predictive model is expected to interpret combined data from CT scans, clinical risk factors, and demographic ...

The researchers reviewed data on nearly 110,000 patients who underwent surgical replacement of aortic valves between the ages ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be performed by highly trained specialists.