Sentences with phrase «heart valve leaflets»

Today in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, Vanderbilt University researchers published findings that the drug — a monoclonal antibody known as SYN0012 — shows promise in keeping heart valve leaflets supple.

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The mitral valve between the two left chambers of the heart has two leaflets, or cusps; the tricuspid, pulmonary and aortic valves each have three.

Aortic stenosis is a common heart problem caused by a narrowing of the heart's aortic valve due to excessive calcium deposited on the valve leaflets.

Said Hasan Jilaihawi, MD, director of Interventional Cardiology Imaging at the Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, «Our study also shows that the novel technique of four - dimensional high resolution CT is superior to routinely used transthoracic cardiac echocardiography for the detection of these valve leaflet clots.»

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