DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

The second heart sound (S2) is produced by the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves. The sound produced ... or in the presence of a left bundle branch block. CLINICAL PEARL: A paradoxical ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

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 ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

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 ...

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...

A paradoxically split S2 heart sound can be caused by aortic stenosis ... a closed tricuspid valve), which occurs in the setting of AV dissociation (complete heart block or ventricular tachycardia).

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research has found.

Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two leaflets instead of the normal three, is the most common congenital heart defect, affecting up to 2% of the population. The condition ...