So, blood pressure is reported as two numbers, such as 120/80. Here, the systolic blood pressure (the arterial pressure at the moment the ventricles are beating) is 120 mmHg, and the diastolic ...

Figure 2. Structural and functional alterations driving the pathophysiology of right ventricular failure in aortic stenosis. AS-induced pressure overload initiates a cascade of compensatory mechanisms ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...