Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

Aortic insufficiency occurs when your aortic valve fails to close properly once the blood enters the aorta. This causes blood to flow the wrong way back into the heart. When the left ventricle doesn’t ...

Aortic valve insufficiency is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when the aortic valve does not function properly. This may cause the heart to work harder and can lead to heart failure.

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Doctors at Fortis Hospital successfully performed a rare hybrid cardiac surgery on a 29-year-old man suffering from a ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve that affects how blood flows through the heart and body. While not often linked to heart valve narrowing, high and irregular blood pressure can ...

A fitness lover was given just 24 hours to live after she felt a rip in her chest post a workout session. For 45-year-old Marie-Anne August, gymming was a regular affair until one day while lifting ...

Certain types of aortic aneurysms have no symptoms unless they rupture, while others can cause pain or discomfort in the chest, abdomen, back, and elsewhere. An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is the first in the United States to randomize a patient in a clinical trial looking at whether a plant compound derived from mangoes ...