Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Fred Hoiberg was in the best shape of his life. No symptoms. But a silent aneurysm was ready to kill him. What happened next ...

Yang noted that SAVR and TAVR on their own just put valves in without any change in annular structure. Surgeons often turn ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Aortic root pathologies needing full aortic root replacement are challenging entities correlated to high morbidity and mortality due to their complexity and mostly refer to high ...

The most common location of enlargement is the aortic root. How is Loeys-Dietz Syndrome different from Marfan Syndrome? In the past, many individuals with Loeys-Dietz syndrome were mistakenly ...

Surgery. Thoracic aortic aneurysm open repair. The type of surgery will depend on the location and type of aneurysm, and your overall health. For an aortic root, ascending aorta, or aortic arch ...

Divided into four sections—the aortic root, ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending aorta—it ensures blood reaches areas like the arms, legs, brain, and abdominal organs. Signs of a problem with ...

This may suggest that the position and relationship of the atrioventricular conduction axis to the aortic root as well as its length does not vary with the variation observed in the width of the ...

Objective This study investigates the effect of transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) angular alignment on the postprocedure haemodynamics. TAV implantation has emerged as an effective alternative to ...

Due to these recommendations, repetitive aortic imaging after aortic surgery is mandatory and leads to a high burden of ionizing radiation and iodinated contrast agents, when CTA is employed (13). On ...

In patients who are candidates for TAVR (i.e. patients with severe aortic stenosis), medications to reduce the heart rate are contraindicated (4). Cardiac CTA for aortic root assessment In CTA for ...

Find out what you need to know about your aortic valve — where it's located, what it does, and how it works. Learn about the symptoms, causes, and treatments for aortic valve conditions.