Pages tagged: aortic valve

Just like a person’s own aortic valve, bioprosthetic replacement valves can become calcified or stenotic (narrowed) over time, which can...

IMAGES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE Double Interatrial Septum and Patent Foramen Ovale in Woman With Transient Ischemic Attack Sandra Jaksic Jurinjak,...

Clinical investigators at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine recently compared the nationwide outcomes of surgical valve-replacement procedures...

Coronary angiography (cath) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) provide different information. As a pre-operative evaluation, it is often very...

Your doctors are correct to delay but when surgery is needed, it will be wise to replace the valve with...

Some diseases of the aortic valve may lead to stroke-like symptoms or a definite stroke. Narrowing of the aortic valve...

At present, the only indicated procedure for TAVR is aortic valve replacement in high risk patients. Very rarely have both...

Stenosis means narrowing. Aortic stenosis (AVS) is a narrowing of the aortic valve, which is the valve that lets blood...

Four valves regulate blood flow through your heart: •    The tricuspid valve regulates blood flow between the right atrium...