An aortic annular abscess (aortic root abscess) can occur as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis and is more common on a prosthetic aortic valve. This is diagnosed predominantly on ...

“In pure AR patients, there is no aortic annulus or leaflet calcification for stable anchoring of a transcatheter heart valve,” explains Yingqiang Guo, a professor of cardiac surgery and vice ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

may occur due to damage to the aortic valve leaflets or as a result of dilation of the aortic annulus. As the disease progresses, symptoms of heart failure eventually occur. The definitive ...

Importantly, the Medtronic CoreValve device, as well as a subcoronary anchor point at the aortic annulus, has a supra-coronary anchor point at the outflow of the device. This means the proximal ...

Thus, it is our practice to risk-stratify patients for coronary ostial compromise based on the aortic annular and SOV dimensions on CT imaging; a SOV diameter that exceeds the annular diameter is ...

There was free aortic regurgitation because of dilatation of the valvular annulus; the cusps themselves were not deformed. The valve was excised and a No. 9 Starr-Edwards valve inserted.