Compared with usual care, a system of electronic provider notification more often enabled patients diagnosed with severe ...

A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), a valvular heart condition that can be ...

A trend toward higher mortality in women with PPM who received a self-expanding valves deserves more scrutiny, though.

CHICAGO, IL—A personalized alert system that informs healthcare providers about the detection of severe aortic stenosis on echocardiography and provides recommendations around patient management ...

A pioneering heart centre at Basildon Hospital is celebrating a major milestone after carrying out its 1,000th "life-changing procedure". The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC), based at Basildon ...

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. If you have ...

Normal E/A ratio of about 1:2 in an elderly patient with aortic stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophy is indicative of pseudo-normalization (see Figure 7). PW=pulsed wave; MV DT=mitral valve ...