Another cause is rheumatic fever, which can cause scar tissue to form on the aortic valve. This scar tissue may narrow the aortic valve, but it can also create a rough surface where calcium ...

When the aortic valve does not close properly, it’s called aortic valve regurgitation. If the valve is very tight and narrow, it’s called aortic valve stenosis. In both of these cases, blood does not ...

The aortic valve is a heart valve that helps direct blood flow from the heart to the rest of your body. When the valve ...

Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ABT recently announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic ...

The aortic valve is a heart valve that controls the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the body. With age, calcium may build up in the valve and cause it to narrow – a condition known as aortic ...

Background Bacteraemia and infective endocarditis (IE) are rare but severe complications of transcatheter aortic valve ...

The aortic valve is a heart valve that controls the flow of oxygen-rich blood to the body. With age, calcium may build up in the valve and cause it to narrow – a condition known as aortic stenosis – ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first patient procedures with its investigational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) balloon ...