They then shut tightly until the next heartbeat. If you have aortic regurgitation, the flaps around your aortic valve — the valve that pumps blood to your heart — don’t close fully.

device for the treatment of aortic valve regurgitation after promising results in a 2-year initial study. If this novel option performs as well as surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR ...

YOUR fingernails aren’t just a place to paint nail varnish on – they could provide a window into your health. A subtle but common sign could suggest you have a dangerous form of heart ...

device developed specifically for the treatment for aortic regurgitation has met all the prespecified safety and efficacy goals, so far, in an expansion cohort of the ALIGN-AR trial, paving the ...

Known as Quincke’s sign, this pulsation is caused by aortic regurgitation, also called valve regurgitation. “This means that as the blood is leaving the heart to go to the body, a significant ...

with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's prespecified goal of 25% to show non-inferiority, according to a ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Further follow-up from the ALIGN-AR trial confirm the safety and continued efficacy of the Trilogy heart valve system (JenaValve) for the treatment of patients with severe, symptomatic ...

NEW YORK, NY—For patients with pure native aortic regurgitation (AR) who are undergoing TAVI, use of devices tailored to treat the AR seems to provide superior outcomes compared with off-label use of ...

In TAV athletes, the aortic and left ventricle dimensions did not increase ... effect on cardiac morphology in athletes with asymptomatic BAV associated with mild regurgitation, for at least 5 years.

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood leaks back into the left ventricle due to a leaky aortic valve. This is a type of valve disease in the heart. Aortic regurgitation can lead to some heart ...