About heart valve disorders and their causes.

Obstructive valve thrombosis is associated with haemodynamic compromise (increased valve gradients and reduced valve area) and clinical symptoms consistent with reduced cardiac output and heart ...

Once you have made the decision to have heart valve replacement surgery, you, along with your surgeon, will need to decide what type of replacement valve is best for you. There are several types of ...

Objectives To determine the association between symptoms and signs reported in primary care consultations following a new diagnosis of heart failure (HF), and 3-month hospitalisation and mortality.

Results We found that OA progressed by both top-down calcification at the joint surface and bottom-up calcification at the osteochondral interface. The top-down calcification process started with ...

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love III is recovering at home after undergoing open-heart surgery last week. Love, 60, underwent surgery to replace a “leaky valve” on Jan. 21 and was ...

In 2022, more than 941,600 Americans died from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart ...

Movies and television depict heart attacks as starting with chest pain or pain in the left arm, primarily with men as the subject. But the symptoms of heart attack in women can be subtler, and may be ...

Across the internet, people have shared viral stories about medical gaslighting, describing the ways that doctors chalked up their symptoms of appendicitis, heart conditions, or even cancer to ...

Hyderabad: Heart failure, a condition often associated with debilitating symptoms and frequent hospital visits, has a silent precursor that is being increasingly recognised in medical ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Symptoms of viral infections like influenza, COVID-19, norovirus, and RSV can resemble those of cardiovascular issues, potentially masking serious heart ...

Transcatheter heart valve (THV) underexpansion after transcatheter aortic valve replacement may be associated with worse outcomes. THV expansion can be assessed fluoroscopically using a pigtail for ...