Once again, data are suggesting that operators should move cautiously in bicuspid anatomy and think about surgery first.

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced new economic and clinical evidence on severe aortic stenosis (AS).

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of the body. So the heart pumps blood through the aortic valve to all the cells in the body.

As in the SMART trial, early hemodynamic differences have yet to result in a clinical impact—but it may just be a matter of ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic valve replacement was superior to clinical ...

Understanding aortic stenosisThe heart acts like a central pump that circulates blood. The flow of blood within the heart is ...

The calcium buildup on the aortic valve is not connected to the amount of calcium you consume. Rather, the calcium is a ...

An aortic annular abscess (aortic root abscess) can occur as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis and is more common on a prosthetic aortic valve. This is diagnosed predominantly on ...