Heart murmurs are a common finding during physical examination of children but most of them are innocent or normal.recognizing the etiology of heart murmurs can help us in differential diagnosis of them.the peresent study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and etiology of heart murmurs  in 4761 school children.the sex ratio was nearly 1:1 ,murmurs were heard in 459 students (9.64%) with...

OBJECTIVE Degenerative aortic stenosis shows similarities with atherosclerosis. To confirm the hypothesis that aortic stenosis is an "atherosclerosis-like" disease, we investigated the association between degenerative aortic stenosis and atherosclerosis of carotid arteries. METHODS We studied 270 consecutive patients, 135 with degenerative aortic stenosis (trans-aortic peak velocity ≥ 2 m/sec...

Aims: To examine how left atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD), a widely used measure of left ventricular (LV) function, is related to presence and degree of aortic stenosis. Methods and results: Cardiac dimensions, LV filling, left AVPD, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and valve function were assessed by echocardiography/Doppler in 182 patients with various cardiac diseases (mean (SD) age 6...

AIMS To examine how left atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD), a widely used measure of left ventricular (LV) function, is related to presence and degree of aortic stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiac dimensions, LV filling, left AVPD, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and valve function were assessed by echocardiography/Doppler in 182 patients with various cardiac diseases (mean (SD) age 6...

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Three patients with severe congenital aortic stenosis in whom there was unusual thickening of the aortic valve associated with supra-aortic stenosis and aortic hypoplasia are described. The clinical presentation suggested the diagnosis of organic subaortic stenosis and surgical management presented problems. It is suggested that the aortic stenosis in these patients may be part of a more diffus...

The spectrum of calcific aortic valve disease ranges from aortic sclerosis, without obstruction to ventricular outflow, to severe aortic stenosis. The natural history of symptomatic and asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis has been evaluated by Doppler echocardiography in several retrospective and prospective studies. In addition, there is substantial data on the rate of haemodynamic progr...

AIMS To investigate the contemporary clinical course of aortic valve disease types. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a retrospective population-level epidemiological study of hospitalized care in Scotland from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2005 using electronic case identification of hospital admissions and deaths. Time-to-event analyses were performed using Cox Proportional-Hazards models. A...

While mitral stenosis is still frequently encountered despite the large decline in the incidence of acute rheumatism, combined mitral stenosis and aortic stenosis is less common. The recognition of the existence of aortic stenosis in association with mitral stenosis is important, as both can be dealt with successfully at one operation. If the aortic lesion goes undetected and mitral valvotomy a...