Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

Increasingly common in daily practice, this is the first guideline update since 2011, aimed to improve success rates and cut complications.

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

pathophysiology and outcomes of mixed aortic valve disease (MAVD), which refers to combined aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation. To assess the haemodynamic and clinical severity of MAVD using an ...

Aortic Temporary occlusion of large blood vessels and/or circulatory support Invamed ICT Paravalvular Leak Closure Device Hard gel Deliverable by the delivery system Temporarily occlude and close ...

Introduction The prevalence of urate crystals in residual tissue samples from coronary arteries, aortic valves and prostate glands was assessed. Methods Alcohol-fixed coronary arteries from 55 ...