New insights into the prevalence of aortic valve calcification—and its progression—among carriers of a common genetic mutation may reopen a long-simmering debate about the role of statins in ...

Kardigan Presents Positive Phase 2 Data on Ataciguat in Patients With Moderate Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2025 Results presented in oral session ...

Aortic valve calcification--the buildup of calcium on heart valves--was once thought to be harmless but is now seen as an early sign of heart disease. In a study presented at RSNA 2011, researchers ...

A study that combined several forms of imaging to track aortic stenosis (AS) progression in elderly patients and its relation to lipoprotein biomarkers has concluded that those biomarkers don't just ...

REHOVOT, Israel - Pi-Cardia Ltd. announced today that it successfully completed the First-in-Human (FIH) studies with its Leaflex™ Performer catheter. The Leaflex™ Performer is a trans-femoral ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. - Computed tomography (CT)-based measures of calcification in the abdominal aorta are strong predictors of heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events--stronger even than the ...

Researchers have analyzed gene expression and protein distribution in human aortic valves obtained from valve replacement surgery. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) -- a disease that leaves the ...

Researchers have now proposed a molecular mechanism that links amyloid deposition in the aortic valve with degenerative calcification. They also theorize that other risk factors for CAVD, such as high ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardiawave SA, a deeptech medical device company that has developed VALVOSOFT® a revolutionary non-invasive medical device to treat aortic stenosis, the most prevalent heart ...

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) - a disease that leaves the aortic valve stiff and calcified, preventing blood flow from the heart into the aorta - affects one quarter of the U.S. population aged ...