The most common cause of aortic stenosis in a person under age 70 years is a congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Approximately 2% of the population is born with a bicuspid aortic valve, and about ...

FDA approved the Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) platform for treatment of severe aortic stenosis ...

The agency’s decision for the balloon-expandable Sapien 3 platform is based on groundbreaking results from EARLY TAVR.

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) received FDA approval for its Sapien 3 TAVR for severe aortic stenosis (AS) without symptoms.

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.

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic ... There are three main forms of aortic valve disease: congenital abnormalities, such as a bicuspid valve that leads to premature ...

The vast majority of cases of pulmonic valve stenosis are congenital. The symptoms include ... of pulmonic stenosis is very similar to that of aortic stenosis. It is a midsystolic high-pitched ...