If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

We sought to define ascending aorta dilatation patterns/progression rates in BAV versus other aortopathies (Marfan syndrome (MFS), degenerative aortopathy (DA)). Design and setting Retrospective, ...

The mechanism of action of NIUT consists of generating microscopic cavitation bubbles with short, high-pressure ultrasound pulses focused on the AV. As cavitation bubbles collapse, they produce shock ...

and least severe in the ascending aorta. Atherosclerotic plaques were mostly seen in the openings of the vascular branches, particularly at the left subclavian artery opening and at the branches of ...

Survival was compared with an age- and gender matched normal population. Other outcomes included arch reintervention, aortic valve intervention, ascending aortic intervention, and ...

Adenomatous polyps typically do not cause symptoms unless they progress to colon cancer. Even then, there may be no sign of a problem until the malignancy is advanced. This is why colon cancer ...

Over the past few years, bank and building society branches have been disappearing from our high streets at a frightening pace. Banks say that this has been driven by a rapid increase in online and ...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced 135 new branch closures, with sites shutting between May this year and March 2026. The latest wave includes 60 Halifax, 61 Lloyds Bank, and 14 Bank of Scotland ...

Mr Victor Lye, who chairs the branch and has been contesting Aljunied GRC since 2015, mentioned this in a Facebook post on Jan 24. The Bedok Reservoir-Punggol division is in Aljunied GRC ...

Bank branches are a lifeline for many communities, especially in rural areas, but even in cities, they offer important services for older people. Of course, innovations like shared banking hubs ...

NatWest is set to close 53 bank branches across the UK in 2025. The major high street bank currently has more than 520 branches across the UK, while the NatWest Group boasts over 19 million customers.