Aortic stenosis is 1 of the most common heart valve diseases among adults. When symptoms develop, prognosis is poor, and current guidelines recommend prompt aortic valve replacement. Depending of the ...

uni-essen.de The aorta represents a complex organ system which begins in the aortic ring adjacent to the aortic root with the origin of the two major coronary arteries, and ends at the iliac ...

uhb.nhs.uk To understand the advantages and disadvantages of imaging techniques in identifying aetiology and mechanisms of mitral and aortic regurgitation. To understand the key echocardiographic ...

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

Department of Vascular Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Objective: Fenestrated/branched endovascular repair (F/B EVAR) ...

An aortic dissection is a tear in one of the layers of the aorta. The aorta is your body’s largest blood vessel. Your aorta is made up of three layers. When a hole or tear forms in one of these layers ...

Background: Aortic aneurysm (AA) is a serious cardiovascular disease with a high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to provide an up-to-date assessment of global AA mortality rates from 1990 to ...

We hypothesized that aPWV is independently related to the degree of aortic calcification in healthy individuals and that subjects with ISH, as a model of exaggerated aortic stiffening, would have more ...