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 ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

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

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later.

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Shetty’s team followed 252 patients who underwent the Ross procedure, a heart valve replacement operation commonly used to treat younger patients with severe aortic valve ... “Freedom from aortic ...