Mitral valve, computer illustration. Valvular heart disease can, if found early, be managed and potentially mitigated before the need for surgery. As such, education is important so that cardiology ...

Background Racial disparities in valvular heart disease are well-documented, yet evidence specific to mitral regurgitation ...

The updated ESC/EACTS Guidelines have been produced by an international panel of experts that includes co-Chairpersons, Professor Fabien Praz, an interventional cardiologist at Bern University ...

Valvular heart disease, identified through cardiovascular imaging, is common in cancer patients. Interventions to treat valvular heart disease significantly improved survival. These findings were ...

Almost one-third of people over the age of 60 have valvular heart disease, although less than 3% have clinically significant disease, according to new registry data from the United Kingdom. The ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs provides evidence that using hallucinogenic drugs at some point ...

Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying valvular heart diseases, together with technological innovations and accumulating clinical experience, have led to great improvements in the ...

The latest iteration of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease emphasizes a less invasive approach ...

Advances in artificial intelligence have enabled the development and application of AI tools that may be effective at detecting heart valvular disease and predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease ...

The heart has four valves which tends to open and close to keep blood flowing into and out of the heart. The valves help to keep blood flowing in one direction, and open so that blood can be pumped ...

Helping to fill an evidence gap, a retrospective review of a large database of US commercial health claims indicates that in patients with valvular atrial fibrillation (AF), direct oral anticoagulants ...

Hypertension quietly damages the heart, kidneys, eyes, and brain, increasing the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death. In ...