Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood flows retrograde (backwards) across the aortic valve from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole. This abnormal backflow of blood leads to patholo ...

The ECG in patients with aortic regurgitation is non-specific and may show LVH and left atrial enlargement. In acute aortic regurgitation, sinus tachycardia due to the increased sympathetic ...

aortic annulus (AO an), Valsalva's sinuses (AOsv), sinotubular junction (AOstj), and proximal ascending aorta (PAA), measured 1 cm from the sinotubular junction.14 The degree of severity of the ...

More recently, however, several workers have questioned the frequency of this murmur, 3–5 pointing out that aortic rather than pulmonary insufficiency is usually found when a diastolic murmur at ...

Background: There are insufficient data regarding how to deal with moderate aortic valve (AV) dysfunction during rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. In this study, the clinical outcomes of patients ...

The following is a summary of "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Beyond Severe Aortic Stenosis: JACC State-of-the-Art ...

and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but more moderate and severe aortic regurgitation (39.0% vs 30.5%). The investigators applied statistical adjustments to create relatively balanced ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

From valve repair with MitraClip to advanced aortic-disease solutions, Malaysia’s largest heart hospital is transforming ...

Over a 70-year lifetime, your heart beats at least 2.5 billion times. THAT’S B for BILLION! How many times do you flex a hip or knee joint over that same amount of time? Not even close to that ...