In fact, patients with severe chronic aortic regurgitation may have the largest left ventricular end-diastolic volumes produced by any cardiac disease state, without significant elevation of left ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

At baseline, the mechanical valve group tended to be younger (55.7 vs 65.2) and had less aortic stenois (82.4% vs 89.5%), but ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

of mercury), indicative of severe aortic regurgitation. Rheumatic-activity studies, including heparin tolerance, Weltman, Anthrone and antistreptolysin-O titers, were within normal limits.

A.L. (M.G.H. 1283255), a 30-year-old Negro mother of 7, entered the Massachusetts General Hospital because of increasingly severe dyspnea ... There was free aortic regurgitation because of ...

Potential harms include the need for conversion to an open procedure, perioperative death, MI, stroke, bleeding, valve embolization, aortic regurgitation, heart block that requires a permanent ...

Myval THV matches SAPIEN and Evolut THVs in 30-day outcomes, supporting its role in severe aortic stenosis treatment.

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV ... athletes with asymptomatic BAV associated with mild ...

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 ...