stenosis

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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

There are many with stenosis whose pain increases as they stand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

His son Steve said the cause was aortic stenosis.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Such increased pressure in the veins is due, for example, to cirrhosis of the liver which affects the portal circulation, or to mitral stenosis which affects the pulmonary veins.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall