The discovery by scientist Jasim Ahamed, Ph.D., now awaits a clinical trial.
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2020 Annual Report: Healing Broken Hearts
Most of us know someone, or are someone, who has heart disease. It causes more deaths in the U.S. than cancer, taking 600,000 lives each year and millions more worldwide. One of the most common forms of heart disease is aortic stenosis. It occurs when the main valve of the heart — the aortic valve […]
Don’t let Covid-19 break your heart this Valentine’s Day
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and experts warn that Covid-19’s effects on the heart may cement that ranking for years to come.
The Long and Winding Road
From West Bengal, India, to America’s heartland, Dr. Jasim Ahamed’s path to Oklahoma began by the light of a kerosene lamp.
OMRF receives $2.1 million to study heart disease
Aortic valve stenosis is one of the most common heart conditions in the elderly, and no treatment for it currently exists.
OMRF makes potential heart failure breakthrough
Scientists at OMRF have made new findings that could pave the way for the first drug to treat aortic stenosis.
