Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...

Objective Aortic regurgitation (AR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with a poor clinical outcome and its assessment therefore crucial. Quantification of AR by ...

Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis in the Elderly: Role of Echocardiography Massoud S. Alipour, MD, Pravin M. Shah, MD Disclosures Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2003;12 (3) Echocardiography ...

I“My research focuses on investigating potential limitations of using phase-contrast MRI to assess the severity of aortic valve regurgitation, as well as on making these assessments more reliable to ...

The patient was referred for preoperative transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE), which revealed a quadricuspid morphology of the aortic valve in both 2D (Figure 2, Video 1) and 3D (Figure 3, Video 2 ...

Aortic regurgitation occurs when the leaflets that close the aortic valve do not function properly. Learn more about what causes the condition here.

WASHINGTON, DC—Further follow-up from the ALIGN-AR trial confirm the safety and continued efficacy of the Trilogy heart valve system (JenaValve) for the treatment of patients with severe, symptomatic ...

Heart conditions are common in the United States; the Centers for Disease Control says that one person dies from some form of cardiovascular disease every 33 seconds. But while most people may be ...

around 94% of BAV and 83% of TAV cases did not experience severe aortic regurgitation following surgery 96–97% of people were still alive 4 years after aortic valve repair surgery ...

Source Reference: Barradas-Pires A, et al "Repair of aortic regurgitation in young adults: sooner rather than later" J Am Heart Assoc 2023; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.029251.

Aortic valve regurgitation happens when your aortic valve doesn’t fully close, causing some blood to remain in your left ventricle. It can cause symptoms like chest pain and fatigue, among others.