DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

"As an aside, the Ross procedure, which is my preference in this age group, is the only aortic valve replacement procedure ...

The second heart sound (S2) is produced by the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves. The sound produced ... or in the presence of a left bundle branch block. CLINICAL PEARL: A paradoxical ...

Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival benefits for ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

The heart valve can calcify and cause narrowing of the valve which is called stenosis. Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy ...

A paradoxically split S2 heart sound can be caused by aortic stenosis ... a closed tricuspid valve), which occurs in the setting of AV dissociation (complete heart block or ventricular tachycardia).

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

Description Aortic stenosis occurs when the aortic valve, which separates the main pumping chamber of the heart from the circulation, becomes narrowed. This may reduce the flow of blood out of the ...

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...