As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

At age 3, Chris jumped off his bed pretending to be a wrestler, and broke his calf bone. He got a green cast, and Dana drew ...

AIIMS performed the first-ever government-sector Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in Madhya Pradesh. This ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

From heart attacks to lung conditions, discover when chest pain demands immediate attention and the key differences between ...

Guam Memorial hospital is taking a major step forward in cardiac care with the acquisition of its first-ever intra-aortic ...

Merit Medical has enrolled the first patient in the PREEMIE study of the Bloom Micro Occluder System, aimed at treating PDA.

Mumbai: A senior citizen from Madagascar, who was diagnosed with a life-threatening bulge in the aorta after a simple fall from the bed, underwent a life-saving stent procedure at Mumbai hospital.

OBJECTIVES: Nuclear magnetic resonance (MRI) velocity mapping was used to characterize flow waveforms and to measure volume flow in the ascending and descending thoracic aorta in patients with ...

Fighting for life in the back seat of his brother’s new car, a teenage boy begged rescuers not to tell him if his only ...