The goal of heart valve surgery is to repair or replace ... Stenosis happens most often in the aortic valve, but can occur in any of the heart’s four valves. When a healthy aortic valve (illustrated) ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

The first branch is the right carotid and does not classify as a RAA branching pattern; one may be fooled into believing this is a left aortic arch with ... the PDA is open (Figure 15); [19 ...

"I have a bicuspid aortic valve ... leaking so it was heading back into the heart." Eventually, Duncan's condition got significant enough to require surgery, slated for November 5.

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), thoraci ...

If a valve, such as the aortic or mitral valve, is diseased or faulty, it may require repair or, sometimes, replacement if ...

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

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

Type I: Dissection originating in the ascending aorta extending a variable length frequently into the aortic arch and/or descending ... can cause acute heart failure, pulmonary edema and even ...

The patient was diagnosed as traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch which is a life threatening condition and requires urgent open heart surgery. The patient was shifted to the CTVS ICU and ...

In order to reduce symptoms and prolong life, the aortic valve may need to be replaced with a prosthetic valve during open heart surgery. Trans Catheter insertion of a new aortic valve (a procedure ...