Sometimes, the aortic valve opening narrows – a serious condition called aortic stenosis . This narrowing obstructs blood flow from your heart into your aorta and out to the rest of your body.

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

The heart's chambers and valves all work together to keep blood flowing in one direction. The heart valve can calcify and cause narrowing of the valve which is called stenosis. Stenosis happens most ...

And basically what heart valve disease involves is either a leaky valve or a narrow valve which puts strain on the heart muscle, such that it can't pump blood around the body properly. And we find ...

The condition makes the aortic valve degenerate and not open properly. As a result, the heart struggles to pump blood through the narrowed valve. The symptoms include chest pain and shortness of ...

Stenosis of the aortic or pulmonic valves will result in a systolic murmur, as blood is ejected through the narrowed orifice. Conversely, regurgitation of the same valves will result in a ...