Aortic valve disease, particularly calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), is a significant health concern characterized by the thickening and calcification of the aortic valve leaflets. This ...

When the aortic leaflets are involved ... and D) on the basis of valve anatomy, valve hemodynamics, LV dilation and dysfunction and the presence or absence of symptoms (Otto CM, et al.

In a new study, titled "Osteopontin stabilization and collagen containment slows amorphous calcium phosphate transformation ...

As the disease progresses and the aortic valve leaflets lose their mobility ... The formal criteria for each stage consider valve anatomy, hemodynamics, changes in the left ventricle and ...

Transesophageal echocardiography revealed floating structures attached to all three leaflets of the aortic valve. Endocarditis was suspected, and antibiotic treatment was initiated with ampicillin ...

[11–14] Calcific aortic valve disease is characterized by progressive aortic valve leaflet thickening and calcification that results in a valve that does not fully open and thus partially ...

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

THE transventricular and transaortic approaches, with visualization of the valve, to correct calcareous aortic stenosis were ... other than in the lines of leaflet fusion. Post-mortem studies ...

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

Valvular aortic stenosis ... bicuspid valve. Calcification is present in over 90% of cases. [6] Degenerative-calcific aortic stenosis is usually associated with extensive leaflet calcification ...