In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

The aortic valve is the portal through which oxygenated blood gets pumped out of the heart to the body, opening and closing ...

Over time calcification and fibrosis of the aortic valve can lead to stenosis (narrowing) and regurgitation (leakage) in the aorta. The symptoms of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) typically arise when ...

The symptoms of aortic stenosis often appear only when the disease is at an advanced stage. In women, many symptoms are ...

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 ...

The 1,000th TAVR, combined with a commitment to safety and quality outcomes, solidifies Doylestown as an elite structural ...

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 ...

Lipoprotein(a) doesn’t influence calcification or outcomes in TAVR, shifting focus to other AS progression factors.

and as the aortic valve becomes more heavily calcified, the intensity of the S2 heart sound declines. Also, in patients with bicuspid aortic valves, an ejection click may be heard just before the ...

“In pure AR patients, there is no aortic annulus or leaflet calcification for stable anchoring of a transcatheter heart valve,” explains Yingqiang Guo, a professor of cardiac surgery and vice ...

Note the heavily calcified aortic valve (Ao; see arrow) and significant left ventricular hypertrophy.RV=right ventricle; LV=left ventricle; LA=left atrium Doppler velocity measured proximal and ...