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 ...

The prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS) and amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) increases with age. While the global prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease is estimated to be >2% in ...

Figure 2. Assessment of the aortic annulus by (A) TTE, (B) transesophageal echocardiography and (C) computed tomography in the same patient (measurement by each modality shown in bottom left ...

For the estimated 1.6 million Americans diagnosed with symptomatic tricuspid valve regurgitation each year, a significant ...

Aortic stenosis is 1 of the most common heart valve diseases among adults. When symptoms develop, prognosis is poor, and current guidelines recommend prompt aortic valve replacement. Depending of the ...

1 Introduction. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) represents a significant and growing public health concern (Huang et al., 2023).Characterized by the abnormal accumulation of calcium deposits ...