Aortic insufficiency is a potentially severe condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood. There are many possible causes for this condition. Aortic insufficiency is a form of heart valve ...

November 4, 2011 (Tayside, Scotland) — With growing excitement over the emergence of transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI), might there still be room for an even less invasive option in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with symptomatic, severe native aortic regurgitation at high surgical risk, the JenaValve Trilogy transcatheter heart valve system (JenaValve Technology) met its primary ...

A new formula that uses hemodynamic measurements to assess aortic regurgitation during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can better predict 1-year mortality than echocardiography alone, ...

Palpation of the carotid pulse is of inestimable help in indicating which type of aortic-valve lesion predominates, and affords considerably more information than palpation at any other site. In pure ...

WASHINGTON, DC—There’s fresh evidence that off-label use of TAVR devices for pure native aortic valve regurgitation (NAVR) is associated with “not optimal” outcomes, although newer-generation devices, ...

This paper reports the sequence of events in a patient with Marfan's syndrome who evidently acquired aortic insufficiency secondary to chest trauma and in whom a Hufnagel valve was inserted. A 33-year ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—The use of ACE inhibitors for patients with moderate to severe aortic regurgitation (AR) was associated with improved mortality and cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, according to the ...

What is responsible for the myriad physical examination findings in patients with severe aortic regurgitation, including pulsation of multiple organs? When will the murmur of aortic valve ...

Aortic valve disease is a condition that occurs when your aorta (the main artery of your body) and left ventricle (the lower left chamber of your heart) malfunction. The aortic valve determines how ...

Answer questions and review cases on these topics and more. A 24-year-old female presents with dyspnea and edema. She is noted to have a holosystolic murmur at the left lower sternal border as well as ...