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 ...

Barcelona, Spain - New data published this week question the role of vasodilators in patients with asymptomatic, chronic, severe aortic regurgitation [1]. In the randomized study, published in the ...

IN patients with advanced aortic regurgitation Korotkoff sounds may be heard over the brachial artery when the sphygmomanometer cuff has been completely deflated. Diastolic pressures obtained by ...

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, ...

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's ...

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, ...

Among young adults with aortic regurgitation (AR), those undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) before they met standard criteria were more likely to achieve good results from the surgery, a study ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS -- The early commercial experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR or TAVI) for severe aortic regurgitation appeared promising, though device size issues and conduction ...

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 ...