Editorial Aortic Stenosis — Listen to the Patient, Look at the Valve Author: Catherine M. Otto, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published August 31, 2000 N Engl J Med 2000;343: 652 - 654 ...

Severe aortic stenosis is usually defined as an aortic valve area (AVA) of 1.0 cm 2 because at this degree of stenosis the peak resting gradient often approaches 50 mm Hg. Moreover, the gradient ...

Figure 2. The stentless Direct Flow (Direct Flow Medical, Inc., CA, USA) valve. A trileaflet valve made from bovine pericardium is suspended between two inflatable and deflatable ring balloons ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

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

MiRus announced new early feasibility study results supporting the use of its Siegel transcatheter aortic valve replacement ...

Permanent pacemaker rates were nearly 18% at 30 days but came down as sites gained experience with the new device.

A true test of durability will take many more years, but if the valve holds up, it’s “potentially a game changer,” say ...

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

The endothelium lining the valve plays a critical role. It’s very important whether the valve consists of two or three leaflets. There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

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