Aortic valve stenosis' is an often-overlooked condition and a growing health concern in ageing societies such as Thailand. With an increasing elderly population and a rise in age-related valve ...

The key findings include: Valve size affects AVC levels: There was a significant association between the amount of calcification and the size of the aortic valve, regardless of sex ...

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 a condition where the aortic valve narrows, obstructing blood flow from the heart to the aorta. As a ...

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

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A first-of-its-kind therapy successfully slowed plaque progression in patients with aortic stenosis.

[11,12] Surgical valve replacement essentially cures patients ... Thus all afterload reducing agents (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, blockers) are contraindicated.