The first valve design had a single-layer sewing ring of Dacron cloth attached between ... Hufnagel developed such a device to palliate aortic regurgitation in the form of an acrylic tube ...

There was recent myocardial infarction and small calcium deposits along the aortic ring above the sinuses of Valsalva. Aside from thickening and opacity of one leaflet, the mitral valve was normal.

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.

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 ...

The key findings include: Valve size affects AVC levels: There was a significant association between the amount of calcification and the size of the aortic valve, regardless of sex ...

A study led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego sheds new light on how a type of heart valve disease, called aortic valve stenosis, progresses differently in males and females.

The two companies have entered into a strategic partnership to exclusively commercialize Braile’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) technology across Europe, India, and other ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): AIIMS performed the first-ever government-sector Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in Madhya Pradesh. This procedure was jointly performed by Dr Bhushan Shah ...