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Living with aortic stenosis can often come with uncertainty, especially when considering all of your treatment options. A CardiovascularDisease.net community member recently shared the realities of living with aortic stenosis...

My name is Amber, and I am a registered nurse (RN). I spent the first 5 years of my career working on a step down unit (SDU) — or intermediate...

I have a healthcare background going back many decades, but when my cardiologist said I had aortic stenosis (AS), I didn't know what that meant. I thought the malaise I...

In 2017, I learned I had aortic stenosis. I knew I had a heart murmur when I was young. However, I was told it was a functional murmur and not...

Aortic valve replacement is a type of surgery that replaces a damaged or diseased aortic valve with a mechanical or tissue valve. Aortic valve replacement is the most common surgery...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is designed to treat aortic stenosis (AS). AS is a condition in which the aortic valve becomes too narrow, disrupting blood flow from the heart...

Recognizing the signs and symptoms of aortic stenosis (AS) is critical. AS, when left undiagnosed and untreated, can lead to serious health risks like heart failure and even death.Aortic stenosis...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a heart condition where the aortic valve narrows. The aortic valve is one of 4 main valves in the heart. Its job is to provide blood...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common heart valve conditions. It affects millions of people around the world. With this heart condition, the aortic valve narrows, reducing the...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is a condition in which the aortic valve, which pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body, becomes narrowed. (“Stenosis” means narrowing.) It is...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is not common in children. But symptoms and treatment may be unique in children with AFib. The heart is made up of 4 rooms, or chambers...

Atrial fibrillation, or afib, is the most common abnormal heartbeat pattern (arrhythmia) in the world. Experts believe that about 3 in every 100 people have had afib at some point...

A clinical trial is a type of research. Research is the process scientists use to explain how our bodies work or why our bodies stop working well. Clinical trials are...

Clinical trials or studies have a language of their own. It helps to understand the common terms doctors use when talking about a clinical trial before you sign up. Here...

Clinical trials are medical studies that pose a question: Does a new treatment work better than older treatments? Each year, thousands of treatments are tested in controlled experiments called clinical...

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