Bicuspid aortic valves are associated with ascending aortic pathology, but their impact on long‐term outcomes, including aortic growth and adverse events, remains unclear. This prospective ...

"He also had a hole in his heart and a bicuspid valve." Doctors were unsure Kayleen Schultz's daughter, Gabby, now 2, would survive after birth. “Gabby was born with hypoplastic left heart ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an ...

The confirmation that we punctured the central veins was based on the color of the blood, the retrograde blood flow, and the direct measurement of pressure values by connecting the line for invasive ...

Study authors stressed that this was an all-comers cohort, with about 10% undergoing TAVR on bicuspid valves, and 4% a valve-in-valve procedure. However, the authors acknowledged that the trial ...

Clot busting can save your vein valves, too. But it's riskier than taking blood thinners. Clot busting can raise your chances for bleeding problems or stroke. So, you'll go to the hospital to get ...

Risk factors include chronic cough, constipation, family history of venous disease, female sex, obesity, older age, pregnancy, and prolonged standing. The exact pathophysiology is debated, but it ...

Patients enrolled at 28 U.S. sites between 2018 and 2024 with moderate-to-severe or severe symptomatic aortic regurgitation underwent TAVR with the JenaValve Trilogy transcatheter heart valve. Total ...

and everyone with bicuspid valves, multivalvular disease, complex coronary disease, or high-risk anatomies was excluded. Additionally, Michael Bowdish, MD, MS, of Cedars-Sina i Medical Center in ...

surgery.” The trial also did not include patients with bicuspid valves or those with concomitant procedures other than CABG or PCI. “But within the group that we tested, at 5 years ...