More information: Roya Anahita Mousavi et al, Association of aortic valve size with the degree of aortic valve calcification in severe high-gradient aortic stenosis, European Heart Journal ...

So the heart pumps blood through the aortic valve to all the cells in the body. When aortic stenosis occurs, there is a tightening and oftentimes calcification of the aortic valve and that leads ...

The Bristol Heart Valve Bank began processing heart valves in 1995 ... but these valves are prone to calcification within five to seven years. The human allograft combines good haemodynamic properties ...

This forces the heart to work harder to pump blood and ... repeat containing Y-linked), as a key driver of valve calcification in males. Digging into the sex differences of early-stage valve ...

Researchers found that a gene on the Y chromosome influences how aortic valve stenosis progresses differently in males and ...

MiRus announced that it launched a U.S. multi-center early feasibility study for its Siegel transcatheter heart valve (THV).

When the heart rate increases in response to ... cardiomegaly will be seen. Calcification of the aortic valve, pulmonary congestion, and post-stenotic dilation of the aorta are other non-specific ...

Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity ... disease is characterized by progressive aortic valve leaflet thickening and calcification that results in a valve that does not ...

Over 100 patients successfully treated with the DurAVR ® THV, including de novo (first time) aortic stenosis cases, valve-in-valve (ViV) patients and complex anatomies such as bicuspid aortic valve ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.