Find out what you need to know about your aortic valve — where it's located, what it does, and how it works. Learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for aortic valve conditions.

A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) means the aortic valve has two — not three — cusps. It is a congenital heart condition, meaning it is present from birth. Read on.

Your aortic valve plays a key role in getting oxygen-rich blood to your body. Aortic valve stenosis is a common and serious heart problem when the valve doesn’t open fully. Learn about what ...

The cells that remain on the surface and line the mature aortic-valve cusps are known as valve endothelial cells (VECs). VECs and VICs work in concert to maintain aortic-valve structure and function.

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three.

The aortic valve area can be calculated and measured by planimetry. Detection of sclerodegenerative changes of the aortic cusps in an older asymptomatic individual may be associated with normal ...

Cusp overlap view improved valve positioning and significantly reduced pacemaker need, and hospital stay in TAVR with SEVs.

There are two primary diseases that can occur with the aortic valve: aortic stenosis and aortic insufficiency (also known as aortic regurgitation). Learn to understand and recognize the causes, ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better understand the development of this common disease, researchers from Bochum ...

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

By increasing the flow rate, cusp separation and therefore valve area, are expected to increase only in the absence of severe aortic stenosis.