Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Heart Valve Diseases

MeSH tree: C14.280.484

Improving diagnosis of aortic stenosis with genetics and AI

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve, which connects the heart to the rest of the body. It affects millions of people and can be fatal if left untreated. At present, there are no effective medical therapies ...

Cardiac arrest vs. heart attacks: Who is at risk?

Sudden cardiac arrest may occur in various conditions when someone, while active (playing basketball or walking with friends), collapses and passes out. Their blood pressure drops, and often their heart stops. This may be ...

Stress MRI may boost angina diagnosis, treatment

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress cardiac stress MRI testing to measure blood flow around the heart appears to improve diagnosis and ...

ENCIRCLE trial transforms treatment of mitral regurgitation

David Daniels, M.D., an interventional cardiologist with Sutter West Bay Medical Group and structural heart section chief of Sutter's Advanced Heart & Vascular Service Line, presented results of the international ENCIRCLE ...

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