In fact, patients with severe chronic aortic regurgitation may have the largest left ventricular end-diastolic volumes produced by any cardiac disease state, without significant elevation of left ...

A.L. (M.G.H. 1283255), a 30-year-old Negro mother of 7, entered the Massachusetts General Hospital because of increasingly severe dyspnea ... There was free aortic regurgitation because of ...

Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Valvular heart disease, sometimes called heart valve disease, is when one or more ...

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That means the patient won't necessarily feel it in and of itself. When a patient develops severe aortic stenosis, this is most often when they develop symptoms. The first one is chest discomfort.

There was no clinical evidence of dynamic aortic insufficiency in any ... stenosis have an accompanying pulmonary regurgitation secondary to severe pulmonary hypertension. Ten patients with ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement or implantation (TAVR or TAVI) is a well-established treatment option for elderly patients with severe aortic ... for pure aortic regurgitation (AR ...

A simple ratio of VTI (LVOT) to VTI (aortic stenosis) provides a convenient guide to severity. A ratio of <0.25 is generally consistent with severe and >0.3 with mild or moderate aortic stenosis ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV ... athletes with asymptomatic BAV associated with mild ...

In patients with mild aortic regurgitation, this fall in pressure is gradual. In the setting of severe aortic regurgitation, a rapid drop in pressure gradient occurs. A pressure half-time of > 500 ...