With a focus on endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms ( ...

The main harm comes from false-positive ultrasounds, which often must be confirmed by an angiogram. About 1% of people get a stroke during an angiogram, which is more than the expected benefit of ...

For patients with symptomatic aortic regurgitation at high surgical risk, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement system exceeded safety and performance goals, according to results of the ALIGN-AR ...

Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of death or worsening heart failure in older patients with aortic stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic-valve implantation.

People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients ...

Aortic stenosis occurs when the orifice of the aortic valve is significantly reduced due ... a significant myocardial oxygen supply vs. demand mismatch occurs, resulting in myocardial ischemia ...

The most common abdominal aorta problem is abdominal aortic aneurysm, which occurs when the aorta weakens and bulges. If the aneurysm ruptures, it can cause life-threatening bleeding. Variations in ...

Objective Examine if two inexpensive measures of atherosclerotic vascular diseases (ASVD), abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) provide complementary ...