The SMART trial raised questions about balloon-expandable valves in small aortic annuli; these new data offer some answers.

High blood flow velocity across the stenotic aortic valve in an elderly patient compatible with a mean pressure gradient of about 60 mm Hg and a valve area of about 0.6 cm2 calculated by the ...

If the patient has only a 30-mm gradient preoperatively and there is still a 10-mm gradient postoperatively, there has been incomplete relief of the pressure ... to widen the aortic annulus ...

Most children who have had an aortic valve repair or replacement live active, healthy lives. Your child’s activity levels, appetite, and growth usually return to normal. Your child should get regular ...

Conclusion: This proof-of-concept study demonstrated that aortic pressure alone can be used to detect severe AS. A larger analysis is needed to validate these findings across gradients of severity.

Patients with severe AS were stratified into high- and low-gradient (HG, mean aortic gradient [MG] ≥40 mm Hg; LG, MG <40 mm Hg). Rates of Heart Team evaluation within 60 days and aortic valve ...

Signs of an aortic problem can include chest or back pain, shortness of breath, a pulsating feeling in the abdomen, or sudden dizziness and should be addressed promptly. Keeping your aorta healthy ...

Background Knowledge about how patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) perform on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is sparse. Since exercise testing in patients with symptomatic AS is ...

The aorta starts at the heart’s left ventricle, curves into the aortic arch, and stretches all the way down from the chest into the ... Lying down and relaxing may make it easier to detect the pulse.