Outcomes in Moderate Mixed Aortic Valve Disease

Echocardiography of the aortic valve. I. Studies of normal aortic valve, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and mixed aortic valve disease.

necropsy. The normal aortic valve echocardiogram is described and evidence is given that the anteriorly visualized cusp echoes arefrom the right coronary but those which are posteriorly visualized may befrom the non-coronary or the left coronary cusp. The ultrasound patterns in aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and mixed aortic valve disease are described. In each case the aortic root diam...

Coronary Artery Disease and Symptomatic Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis: Clinical Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

INTRODUCTION The impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has not been clarified. Furthermore, less is known about the indication and strategy of revascularization in these high risk patients. AIMS This study sought to determine the prevalence and prognostic impact of CAD in patients undergoing TAVI, and to assess the safety and ...

A quadricuspid aortic valve causing moderate aortic regurgitation.

Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare cause of aortic regurgitation. Most cases are detected incidentally during echocardiography, angiography, autopsy or surgery. It may also be associated with other congenital anomalies of the heart. A 70 year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a five-month history of dyspnea. Echocardiographic examination showed a QAV leading to moderate aorti...

Peripheral Artery Disease and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes

Aortic dilatation in bicuspid aortic valve disease.

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital cardiac abnormality, occurring in 0.5%-1.4% of the population; this anomaly is sporadically transmitted genetically by an autosomaldominant pathway, with a 3:1 male predominance. BAV is clinically important, not only because of valve-related complications (valve dysfunction, infective endocarditis), but also because of its association wi...