The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of the body. So the heart pumps blood through the aortic valve to all the cells in the body.

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

Without sufficient information about AS severity, Masri and colleagues took aortic valve replacement at first diagnosis as a surrogate for severe AS. In this subgroup of patients, apparently ...

There are four main "listening posts" on the chest (see picture below). A = aortic valve post (right upper-sternal border or RUSB) P = pulmonic valve post (left upper-sternal border or LUSB ...

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

Study Finds Mechanical Valves Offer Superior Long-Term Survival for Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Aged 60 and Younger ...

Vegetations on the aortic valve, consistent with endocarditis ... and AR severity in patients with moderate or severe AR and suboptimal TTE images or a discrepancy between clinical and TTE ...

SGMC Health recently achieved the successful completion of its first transcarotid access Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...