The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a crucial role in our circulatory system. While it has long been known that ...

The morning after Dana Archer gave birth, her doctor rushed into her hospital room. "Your baby doesn't look right," he told ...

Blood enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve and leaves through the aortic valve. A stenotic valve is a valve opening that has gotten smaller and is partially obstructing blood flow. In ...

A team of doctors have identified a ‘second heart’ that has been hiding in the body in plain sight. They've found the aorta, the body’s largest artery, acts like a second heart by stretching ...

No thrill was felt. The aortic second sound was accentuated. The blood pressure was 210/130. X-ray examination showed a generally enlarged heart. The electrocardiogram revealed changes consistent ...

A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used ...

Aims There are few studies of the use of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) treatment as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx). This is the first study to compare long-term clinical and ...

Aortic stenosis is a serious heart valve condition characterized by narrowing and stiffening of the aortic valve, restricting blood flow from the heart to the body. This forces the heart to work ...

The material is employed in a range of Edwards’ surgical and transcatheter valves, including versions of the Inspiris, Mitris ...