Results from a new analysis show that patients with mitral annular calcification (MAC) who undergo minimally invasive mitral ...

Partially calcified valve leaflet tissue, including unaltered collagen (blue), calcified collagen (yellow to red) and aggregated calcium phosphate nodules. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The human body has ...

Heart valve diseases like aortic and mitral stenosis can quietly strain the heart until symptoms become severe. New research is uncovering how valve structure, cell health, and underlying conditions ...

Scientific research teams from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center and the University of Pittsburgh will lead a new $15 million initiative dedicated to better ...

We determined genomewide associations with the presence of aortic-valve calcification (among 6942 participants) and mitral annular calcification (among 3795 participants), as detected by computed ...

WPI researcher Kristen Billiar leads part of multicenter project funded by American Heart Association to determine causes of ...

Credit: Thinkstock Routine patient information, serology results, and cardiac ultrasound findings can identify patients at high risk for severe coronary artery calcification. Investigators have ...

French researchers have developed a noninvasive ultrasound therapy to treat certain patients with aortic stenosis. In a small study published in The Lancet, they demonstrated its effectiveness.

As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving oxygen. But if the supply is cut off, aortic and mitral valves use different strategies to compensate, according to ...