introduction: aortic valve sclerosisis considered as a manifestation of coronary atherosclerosis. recent studies demonstrated an association between aortic valve sclerosis and obstructive coronary artery disease. the purpose of this study was to evaluatethe correlation betweenaortic valve sclerosis andobstructive coronary artery disease and the extent of coronary artery disease in patients hosp...

We describe a case of a 78-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, obesity, impaired renal function and severe aortic valve stenosis with associated insufficiency (Video 1). The patient was symptomatic for dyspnea (class NYHA III). Her medical history included breast cancer treated with mastectomy two years prior. The logistic Euroscore was 19.17%. After ech...

We report the case of a patient with situs inversus totalis, annuloaortic ectasia complicated by aortic insufficiency and mitral regurgitation which induced congestive heart failure. Both valvular lesions were repaired physiologically using aortic root sparing Yacoub 'remodeling' technique and mitral ring annuloplasty. Valve sparing techniques can be used effectively even in patients with compl...

A 28-year-old man with no relevant medical history was admitted to our hospital for fever occurring early in the evening, weakness, dyspnea, and headache of 2 months’ duration. Blood culture was persistently positive for Streptococcus sanguinis (5/5). Upon admission, a diastolic murmur that had not been detected previously was found. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed and showed a lar...

Ventricular mass and O2 supply of the myocardium were evaluated in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy due to stenosis or insufficiency of the aortic valve and in control patients without cardiac disease. Calculation of left ventricular mass from the angiogram was verified by autopsy data in seven patients. Total mass, O2 consumption, and coronary blood flow, each was related quantitativ...

BACKGROUND Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently recognized aggressive aortic disorder characterized by root aneurysm, arterial tortuosity, hypertelorism, and bifid uvula or cleft palate. The results of prophylactic root replacement using valve-sparing procedures (valve-sparing root replacement [VSRR]) in patients with LDS is not known. METHODS We reviewed all patients with clinical and ge...

We describe a case of a patient admitted with apparent life threatening events characterized by hypotension and bradycardia. The patient was ultimately found to have intermittent severe aortic insufficiency. Upon surgical exploration, abnormalities were discovered in the aortic valve, which had a small left coronary cusp with absence of the nodulus of Arantius. Following surgical repair of the ...

When discussing myxomatous valve disease in dogs, one has in mind atrioventricular valves, in particular the mitral valve, which is affected the most commonly and followed by the tricuspid, aortic valve and pulmonic valve, the last being seldom degenerated. Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MVD) is the most common cause of heart failure in dogs (1). In literature it can be found under various na...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to report long-term results and incidence of reoperations after surgery for acute type A dissection. METHODS All 232 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for acute type A aortic dissection from 1972 to April 2011 were included. Patient, procedural and follow-up information was obtained from hospital records. RESULTS Mean age was 57.9 years (s...

in recent socio-economic state it is not possible to have different sets of prosthetic cardiac valves available in the operating room before open-heart surgery for valvular replacement. in this study the diameter of the aortic valve ring measured in 2-d echocardiography was compared with the size of the aortic prosthetic valves implanted for the patients with aortic valvular disease. the purpos...