As the heart muscle contracts, it propels the blood out into the vascular system. The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct the flow of the blood as the heart beats. The heart has two ...

Methods We prospectively measured indices of AS in all consecutive echocardiograms performed in a large referral cardiac imaging laboratory ... outflow obstruction (Vmax ≥2.5 m/s) and morphological ...

British cardiac patients will soon be fitted with heart valves that grow naturally within the body, marking a significant advance in treating heart disease. An initial group of over 50 patients ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

UK (30 Aug–2 Sept) shows that performing echocardiograms remotely using a 5G cellular network has similar accuracy to those performed in person by cardiologists. In anatomy, the heart valves ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

Heart valves that grow in the body are to be tested in British cardiac patients in a breakthrough for regenerative medicine. More than 50 initial patients will receive a temporary valve made of ...