The presence of valve calcification increases the odds of at least mild paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a study published in the August ...

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how aortic valve size is associated with the degree of valve calcification in severe ...

University of Missouri researchers are advancing a promising new approach to treating a serious heart condition that affects ...

The human body has sophisticated defenses against the deposition of calcium minerals that stiffen heart tissues, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at UCLA ...

Leaflet calcification and hemodynamic valve deterioration (HVD) of surgically implanted bioprosthetic aortic valves are independently associated with a major increase in death or valve reintervention, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a 79-year-old female. Recently, I was diagnosed with moderate calcification of leaflets on my mitral valve. I have no symptoms but heard from a recent talk that even moderate ...

(UPDATED) Lipoprotein(a) is associated with the development of aortic valve calcification (AVC), but the atherogenic lipoprotein does not appear to be linked to the progression of calcification over ...

Researchers have found a genetic variant that doubles the likelihood that people will have calcium deposits on their aortic valve. Such calcification, if it becomes severe, can cause narrowing or a ...

TAVI was done for the first time in 2002. Since then, TAVI has come a long way. Back in 2012, we were doing TAVI only for patients who were not fit for open heart surgery. But now we have evidence ...

The mechanisms leading to valve calcification were traditionally believed to be due to passive accumulation of hydroxyapatite mineral, but recent studies have shown active processes similar to those ...