In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular lesion in patients above the age of 65. The etiology, presentation, and management of aortic stenosis differs in the elderly compared to younger ...

When aortic stenosis occurs, there is a tightening and oftentimes calcification of the aortic valve and that leads that valve to not be pliable but very rigid. And when the valve can't open ...

Although the majority of implanted valves used in aortic valve surgery ... The median follow-up was 6 years. Stenosis was defined as echocardiographic calcification of the leaflets, transvalvular ...

Simone Radavelli-Bagatini, PhD, from Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Australia, and colleagues conducted abdominal aortic calcification and clinical assessments in 240 participants (57.5% ...

Receipt of calcification results led to between-group differences in serum total (−0.22 mmol/L) and non-high-density ...

device for the treatment of severe symptomatic calcific aortic stenosis (CAS), today announced that the device met the primary endpoint in its pivotal study and improved or stabilized heart ...

(JAMA) Cardiawave said its Valvosoft Non-Invasive Ultrasound Therapy device met expectations for 6-month results in a pivotal trial of severe symptomatic calcific aortic stenosis. A microaxial ...