stenosis

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Leon Schiefer, then 55, learned after a 2019 physical that he had severe aortic stenosis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Jane Booth was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis at 62.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

She started donating after Nigel underwent life saving surgery as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis, a serious condition affecting newborns where the passage between the stomach and the small bowel becomes narrower.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The study centered on low-risk patients with aortic stenosis, a serious heart valve disease.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Diphtheria.—Chronic postdiphtheritic stenosis may be of the panic, spasmodic or, rarely, the paralytic types; but more often it is of either the hypertrophic or cicatricial forms.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier