As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

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 ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is valve replacement without open-heart surgery. It is also called catheter-based or percutaneous (through the skin) aortic valve replacement. While ...

The anatomic location where the murmur is best heard ... There are four main "listening posts" on the chest (see picture below). A = aortic valve post (right upper-sternal border or RUSB) P ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection ... While repairing your aorta, your surgeon will inspect your aortic valve to determine ...

The anatomic location where the murmur is best heard ... The four main “listening posts” on the chest are described below. A = aortic valve post (right upper sternal border or RUSB) P ...

In this condition, the mitral valve or Aortic valve which is located on left side of heart , does not close properly. This is ...

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity. There are three main forms of aortic valve disease: congenital abnormalities, such as a bicuspid valve that leads to premature ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally. Researchers at Mayo Clinic are exploring the use of a new drug called ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females.