Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Percent stenosis fails to correctly identify patients with limited coronary flow capacity who would benefit from revascularization. Many other patients undergo the procedure on the basis of ...

Aortic stenosis, affecting nine million people globally, is often unnoticed as symptoms are mistaken for aging. This heart condition, common in elderly, restricts blood flow due to valve narrowing, ...

Patients with vertebrobasilar stenosis are currently being enrolled in two other randomized studies; the Vertebral Artery Stenting Trial (VAST), 8 for stenting of intracranial or extracranial ...

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 ...

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis can be very helpful in both the diagnosis and determining the severity of disease. The typical murmur of aortic stenosis is a high ...

As the population ages, this complaint becomes even more frequent. Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than 200,000 adults in the United States and an estimated ...

Aortic stenosis (AS) occurs when the orifice of the aortic valve is significantly reduced due to the failure of the aortic valve leaflets to open fully during systole. This causes an effective ...

In asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis, the survival is similar to age-matched controls. [1,16] The mainstay of medical treatment for these patients is simply appropriate ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.