The free risk calculator can be incorporated into existing spreadsheets of patient data for use in heart team discussions.

Recent FDA updates in the areas of cardiac intervention, hypertension and arrhythmia disorders expand the pool of available ...

“It’s a lesion that affects the left side of the heart, the left atrium micro valve, left ventricle aorta.” Dr. Hani Najm, chair of pediatric congenital heart surgery at Cleveland Clinic ...

This lets blood move from the upper chamber of the heart, or left atrium, into the lower chamber, or left ventricle. This is the chamber that sends oxygenated blood to the aorta and out to the body.

An aortic root aneurysm happens when your aorta connects to your heart's left ventricle. An ascending aortic aneurysm happens in the next section through which blood flows on its way to the rest ...

The $90m will be used to launch the second of two pivotal trials examining the company’s therapy for patients living with heart failure.

TCT 851: Most Patients With Low-Gradient AS Derive Large Improvements in Quality of Life After TAVR Irrespective of Aortic Valve Calcium Score Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations ...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). In HLHS, both the left ventricle and the aorta branching off this ventricle are too small. The aorta is a large artery that delivers oxygenated blood to ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart’s left ventricle and the aorta. It opens and closes with the heartbeat to allow blood to flow to the body without leaking back into the heart. It may need ...

Learn more about aortic stenosis. The tricuspid valve opens to let blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. It closes to prevent blood from flowing from the right ventricle toward ...

While people with heart failure and valve disease can have low blood pressure, aortic stenosis typically has an association with high blood pressure in the left ventricle. Prolonged exposure to ...

Picture: Supplied The LVAD draws blood from the left ventricle using an inflow cannula, accelerates it through a pump, and then directs it to the aorta, the body's main artery, via an outflow cannula.