Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how ...

Transscatheter aortic valve replacement is a novel way to replace ... most commonly using CT angiography, to document the extent of atherosclerotic disease in the peripheral vasculature.

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta ... While repairing your aorta, your surgeon will inspect your aortic valve to determine whether it can be spared or may need replacement, which is ...

The CT scan revealed Earlie Smith experienced aortic ... Earlie Smith had surgery where doctors removed and replaced her torn aortic valve. Doctors kept her in a coma for a few days to help ...

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 ...

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve have a significantly ... Computed tomography (CT) is the definitive ...

The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography ... bicuspid aortic valve etc...), then surgical repair is indicated.

Background: There are insufficient data regarding how to deal with moderate aortic valve (AV) dysfunction during rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. In this study, the clinical outcomes of patients ...