THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

A small percentage of malfunctioning congenitally abnormal aortic valves are unicuspid or unicommissural,5 but as most reports do not distinguish this from bicuspid aortic valve the abbreviation ...

CTAs were reviewed to assess the carotid stenosis and the anatomy of the aortic arch. The left carotid artery was classified as normal if it originated from the aortic arch and as bovine if it ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. The timing of aortic valve surgery is described for patients presenting with two conditions: ...

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 ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

Contemporary data indicates that RV dilatation or impairment identifies the AS patients who are at increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes after aortic valve replacement (AVR). It is now ...

Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark (N.S.B.M., J.S.D., M.A., A.H., R.C.-S., J.E.M., K.A.Ø., M.-A.C.). Research center, Institut ...

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

By Mekado Murphy ‘The Room Next Door’ | Anatomy of a Scene Pedro Almodóvar narrates a sequence from his film starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. By Mekado Murphy ‘Wicked ...

The most brilliant advances in medical technology and research are only as useful as our ability to apply them in the clinical setting. In keeping with this philosophy, the Dotter Department of ...