In a surgical first, doctors have replaced a heart valve through a small neck incision using robotic assistance, avoiding the ...

Atrial fibrillation is relatively common in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation and is associated with an elevated ...

Being older is a risk factor for aortic stenosis due to calcium buildup in the valve and scarring. This usually begins after a person is 60 years old, with symptoms appearing at 70–80 years old.

"When we see severe echo measurements in a patient with symptoms, we usually recommend aortic valve replacement," Glotzbach advises. "In the last decade or so, we've developed and rapidly adopted the ...

You may need periodic imaging of your heart, such as echocardiography, to look for any changes in the shape, size, and function of your aortic valve and the rest of your heart.

WASHINGTON, DC—Updated data from the SMART trial show that supra-annular self-expanding valves yield similar clinical outcomes as balloon-expandable valves at 2 years, but with less risk of ...

However, it’s possible that the type of aortic valve disease in those analyses—more fibrosis than calcification—differed from the disease of the healthy patients in the Rotterdam Study. Also, ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

Find out what you need to know about your aortic valve — where it's located, what it does, and how it works. Learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for aortic valve conditions.