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 ...

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries ...

Although rates of valve embolization and aortic dissection were low, they were not zero, said Mehran, who expressed concern about the “price to pay” with the high pacemaker rates, and wondered ...

Aortic dissection most commonly causes severe pain from the chest to upper back, and often occurs at midnight or early morning, so people with the “three highs” — high blood pressure, high blood ...

Aortic coarctation (AoC) is a common congenital heart defect, affecting 5%–8% of patients with structural congenital anomalies. Despite advances in surgical and percutaneous interventions, ...

A regular gym-goer felt a ripping in her chest post a workout session, which resulted in severe pain, and was thereafter diagnosed with life-threatening aortic dissection, when a tear in the inner ...

Data were extracted from each study independently by 2 investigators (M.H. and P.B.) and included study design; year published; aortic GR; follow‐up duration; and factors related to patient ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

The Advance-HTN trial showed that lorundrostat effectively lowered 24-hour SBP at 12 weeks among patients with uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension vs. placebo. Participants at 103 U.S.