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 ...

Many physicians have come to believe that aortic valve sclerosis and subsequent aortic valve stenosis are due to the atherosclerotic process. Pohle and colleagues [1] recently made some observations ...

Royal Oak, MI - Adding a new dimension to the understanding of inflammation in CAD, researchers say that aortic sclerosis is associated withbut does not causefuture cardiac events. Dr Harish R Chandra ...

Thrombin, a multifunctional serine protease, is important not only in blood coagulation, but also in virtually every aspect of vascular biology including regulation of vessel tone, atherogenesis and ...

Standard echocardiograms which image the heart using ultrasound waves -- much like the ultrasound images used during pregnancy to monitor fetal development -- can be used as a screening tool to spot ...

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 ...