Combined aortic and pulmonic stenosis is a rare lesion. The clinical, hemodynamic, and pathologic findings in four patients are presented. The presence of a forceful left as well as right ventricular ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

The clinical course and pathologic findings in three cases of anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta are described. The malformation is characterized by (1) absent ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

This lets the leaflets open as they should. Aortic valve replacement. This is surgery to replace the aortic valve with a new valve. Replacement valves are either artificial or from donor organs or ...

The ascending aorta was measured in the axial plane, during diastolic phase. In both modalities, an inner edge to inner edge method was used to measure the ascending aortic diameter at the height of ...

At just the right moment, the right and left atria empty their accumulated blood into the right and left ventricles. The four heart valves (tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral and aortic) open and close at ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

aortic regurgitation, heart block that requires a permanent pacemaker, renal failure, pulmonary failure, and major vascular complications such as cardiac perforation or arterial dissection.

Background Valve-related haemolysis is a known complication following prosthetic valve surgery. Haemolysis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been reported in some studies, all ...