This paper reports the sequence of events in a patient with Marfan's syndrome who evidently acquired aortic insufficiency secondary to chest trauma and in whom a Hufnagel valve was inserted. A 33 ...

THE surgical correction of aortic stenosis1 differs so much from that for aortic insufficiency that it is incumbent upon the physician accurately to assess the relative importance of each valvular ...

Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...

Most people with aortic insufficiency have a long period of time (many years) with no symptoms at all, and an echocardiogram every three to five years is reasonable in people with mild aortic ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Aortic valve regurgitation treated with the investigational JenaValve Trilogy appeared safe and effective in the ALIGN AR trial. The device met the safety benchmark, with a 26.7% ...

TCT 1541: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Valve Insufficiency in a 39-Year-Old Female With Complex Congenital Heart Disease and Prohibitive Surgical Risk: A Case Report ...

Evidence-based recommendations on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for native aortic valve regurgitation. This involves implanting a replacement valve inside the faulty native valve.

In patients with small aortic annuli requiring TAVR, self-expanding valves had better hemodynamic results than balloon-expandable valves at 1 year. 87% of participants enrolled were women.

For patients suffering from heart valve or aortic insufficiency, the only solution currently available is open-heart surgery to replace the valve. Unfortunately, the five- to six-hour operation is too ...

Henry Ford physicians discovered Couch had both mitral and aortic heart valve issues, which needed to be corrected before she could be cleared for a liver transplant and hip replacement. Her heart ...

A complete echocardiographic evaluation for aortic stenosis requires quantitative and qualitative evaluation of LV function, structural changes in the aortic cusps, sinus of valsalva, proximal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve had a leaky aortic valve for approximately six years. I recently had an echocardiogram using Doppler. The last test I received was three years ago, which came back with a ...