S1 is the first heart sound that doctors can hear using a stethoscope. The vibrations that occur when the mitral and tricuspid valves in the heart close produce the S1 sound. There are two common ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the Sapien 3 THV (Edwards Lifesciences) approval indication to include transcatheter "replacement" of failed bioprosthetic valves in ...

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is an established surgical procedure aimed at alleviating valvular dysfunction and improving cardiac efficiency. However, one of its recognised, albeit rare, ...

The aortic valve allows blood to leave the heart and travel through the aorta, which is the largest artery in the body. Aortic stenosis is when this heart valve narrows and doesn’t open fully. The ...

THE case reported below illustrates two interesting and unusual phenomena. The first is the production of the physical signs and phonocardiographic evidence of aortic stenosis in a patient with mitral ...

Abbott announced the FDA has approved its next-generation stented bioprosthetic surgical valves for the treatment of aortic or mitral valve disease. According to a company press release, the ...

• The condition of predominant moderate aortic regurgitation could be ameliorated with the rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. What is known and what is new? • During MV surgery, aortic valve ...