stenosis

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Aortic stenosis is mostly a disease of aging, but it occurs in younger people too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

It can lead them to develop aortic stenosis prematurely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 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

The pressure effects may be entirely referable to the trachea—thymus stenosis of the trachea—giving rise to progressive dyspnœa accompanied by stridor, with paroxysmal exacerbations during which the child becomes asphyxiated.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander