WASHINGTON, DC—Invasive hemodynamic assessment may help better identify severe aortic stenosis in patients with low aortic flow/low transvalvular pressure gradients and preserved ejection fractions, ...

Pressure tracings made from the body of the left ventricle (LV) (A), the body and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) (B), and LV body and aorta (C). In B, both catheters record an LV pressure ...

WASHINGTON (May 16, 2016) --Patients with a combination of left ventricular dysfunction and low aortic valve gradient, or reduced force of blood flow through the aortic valve, have higher mortality ...

February 25, 2011 (Dallas, Texas) — A retrospective look at a prospective trial has raised questions about the echocardiographic criteria by which aortic-valve stenoses should classified as "severe," ...

To fracture or not to fracture—that has been the question dogging valve-in-valve (ViV) TAVI. The answer, new data suggest, is that fracturing the preexisting bioprosthetic aortic valve may be the best ...

Choosing the optimal aortic valve prosthesis for middle-aged patients (late 40s to early 60s) with aortic stenosis presents a challenge. The available options all have substantial drawbacks that must ...

To the Editor: We have a concern regarding the report by Vincentelli et al. (July 24 issue) 1 on acquired von Willebrand syndrome in aortic stenosis. What is the true clinical relevance of the ...