Individuals with diabetes display a substantially increased risk of disease in left-sided heart valves compared to controls without diabetes, a comprehensive register study at the University of Gothenburg shows. The statistical ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Valve replacement heart surgery should be performed earlier than conventionally thought for people with aortic stenosis, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
May 17, 2022
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National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) now offers two new procedures—TricValve and TriClipTM—bringing a comprehensive suite of treatment options, ranging from medication therapies, minimally invasive (percutaneous or ...
May 11, 2022
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Patients treated with the blood thinner edoxaban for six months after a heart valve replacement procedure experienced fewer symptomless blood clots inside the heart valve replacement than patients who were treated with two ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in every cell of the body. People with XX chromosomes typically ...
Mar 21, 2022
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The larger the sail, the more wind it catches. But as that size increases, so does the stress experienced by each sheet and line connected to the canvas.
Feb 28, 2022
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The view inside a beating heart is one not seen—or even seeable—until now, according to Rice University mechanical engineer Tayfun Tezduyar, who says such visualizations can help clinicians understand the mechanisms that ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Adults undergoing mitral valve surgery who have less than severe leakage of the tricuspid valve may benefit by having both valves repaired at the same time, including a decreased chance of severe tricuspid valve leakage in ...
Nov 15, 2021
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For people experiencing severe aortic stenosis who do not have symptoms or need symptom relief, early aortic valve replacement surgery may be beneficial because it reduces the risk of death, heart attack, stroke and heart ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death worldwide. Aortic stenosis—the narrowing of the valve that controls blood flow from the heart—is one of the most common heart valve diseases, with up to one ...
Oct 28, 2021
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