Valvular heart disease (VHD) is the next epidemic in the cardiovascular field, affecting
millions of people worldwide and having a major impact on health care systems. With aging …

Department of Cardiology III—Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University
Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany Aortic stenosis (AS) has become a significant health …

Abstract Background and Aims Early diagnosis of aortic stenosis (AS) is critical to prevent
morbidity and mortality but requires skilled examination with Doppler imaging. This study …

Background Guidelines recommend including the patient's values and preferences when
choosing treatment for severe aortic stenosis (sAS). However, little is known about what …

Importance Aortic stenosis (AS) is a major public health challenge with a growing
therapeutic landscape, but current biomarkers do not inform personalized screening and …

Given the difficulty of obtaining high-quality labels for medical image recognition tasks, there
is a need for deep learning techniques that can be adequately fine-tuned on small labeled …

Background: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is the progressive and
potentially reversible dysfunction of at least two organ systems in the course of an acute and …

Introduction Among individuals≥ 65 years old, aortic stenosis is highly prevalent and the
number of cases is expected to increase in the coming decades, due to the increased life …

Aims: Heart valve surgery is associated with a risk of serious postoperative complications
including postoperative cardiogenic shock (described as postcardiotomy shock (PCS)). The …

Introduction: The management of patients with severe aortic stenosis may differ according to
patients' age. The aim of this analysis was to describe patterns of aortic valve replacement …