Introduction. Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease in the western world. As a predominantly degenerative process the disease prevalence increases with age, affecting 4% of ...

Objective To evaluate the changes in transvalvular gradients and the incidence of valve haemodynamic deterioration (VHD) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to use of ...

These types of images provide a more accurate depiction of the valve than standard 2DE alone. Investigators have demonstrated that 3D-TEE correlates more closely with operative surgical findings ...