This time, doctors performed thorough scans, and transferred her to the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in ...

As such, we must remember to treat the patient (including HTN and other cardiovascular comorbidities) and not have a myopic focus on the valve alone to provide the best clinical outcomes. Figure.

Recent studies, both in vitro and in vivo, have implied relevance of lineage-specific SMC functions in the pathophysiology of thoracic aortic diseases; however, whether 2 lineage-derived SMCs have any ...

The Stanford group considers: type A (dissection involving ascending aorta) and type B (descending aorta only). 7 Depending on the duration of symptoms until the clinical presentation, aortic ...

It is important to identify infants of affected women as high-risk infants. Scrutinize the maternal history and, when possible, determine the specific EDS type of the mother or affected family ...