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 ...
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 ...
When we think of heart attacks, many of us imagine a stressed middle-aged male executive, addicted to ready meals and ...
Take this news to heart. You could have a common condition that increases your risk of heart attack and stroke — and not even know it. More than a quarter of “healthy” adults over 60 have undiagnosed ...
MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...
Treatment of valvular heart disease has made phenomenal strides over the past two decades, but these life-changing gains are not trickling down to everybody. A huge part of the problem is the lack of ...
"Identifying an association between AMD and valvular heart disease may provide important insights to the pathogenesis of AMD, may serve as a biomarker for these diseases, and may potentially assist in ...
The updated ESC/EACTS Guidelines have been produced by an international panel of experts that include co-Chairpersons Professor Fabien Praz, an interventional cardiologist at Bern University Hospital ...
According to the American Heart Association, valvular heart disease affects about 2.5% of adults in the United States, and ...
The subretinal drusenoid deposit form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was found to be associated with valvular heart disease as well as cardiac index. The subretinal drusenoid deposit (SDD) ...
Direct oral anticoagulants were associated with lower risks of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism and bleeding compared with warfarin. The study included patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and ...
Brussels, Belgium - Researchers warn that evidence is mounting that pergolide, frequently used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, induces valvular disease and pulmonary hypertension [1]. In a ...