Dear Dr. Roach: During a wellness ECG in May of this year, I was diagnosed with right bundle branch block. An echocardiogram indicated the following: mild mitral valve regurgitation; mild aortic valve ...

SGLT2 inhibitors may have some disease-modifying potential for nonsevere aortic stenosis. After adjustments, patients on SGLT2 inhibitors had a significantly reduced risk of progression to severe ...

In patients with chronic heart failure (HF), the presence of aortic valve (AV) sclerosis appeared to reflect a more severe disease rather than serve as an independent prognostic factor for poor ...

Oral calcium supplementation was associated with lower survival and a greater need for aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis, a new study finds. "Our ...

Someone living with aortic stenosis that progresses quickly often has a worse outlook. But you can take steps to catch this heart issue early and work with your healthcare team to treat it. Your ...

Asymptomatic valvular heart disease (VHD) is common in older adults and may be a marker of increased risk of cardiovascular events, according to an analysis from the community-based ARIC study. Nearly ...

The aortic valve allows blood to leave the heart and travel through the aorta, which is the largest artery in the body. Aortic stenosis is when this heart valve narrows and doesn’t open fully. The ...