It isn’t always easy to hear the difference between aortic valve calcification and aortic stenosis, but an echocardiogram gives a very accurate measurement of the aortic valve opening.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between Visceral Fat Area (VFA) and cardiac valve calcification (CVC ... of high echogenic signals greater than 1 mm on the aortic valve, mitral valve, or ...

Calcification is the deposition of calcium into the neointima (within atherosclerotic plaque) and/or the tunica media (the medial smooth muscle layer) of the blood vessels, and can occur with ...

The Clark County Medical Examiner said an investigation revealed the 16-year-old suffered sudden cardiac death due to fatal dysrhythmia and myxomatous mitral valve disease. According to the Mayo ...

Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of measuring the ...

The Steam client update also broke TDP and GPU clock performance settings. Valve has issued a corrective update to the Steam client for its Steam Deck gaming handhelds, after an earlier version ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, an estimated 10 percent of adults over the age of 75 have the most common type of leaky heart valve, known as mitral valve regurgitation, which occurs when the mitral ...