A retrospective study of 140 patients with severe aortic regurgitation found modest longitudinal changes in left ventricular ...

Aortic insufficiency is a potentially severe condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood. There are many possible causes for this condition. Aortic insufficiency is a form of heart valve ...

CHICAGO — A transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device developed specifically for the treatment for aortic regurgitation has met all the prespecified safety and efficacy goals, so far, in ...

The ACC, SCAI and STS have shared early support for expanding Medicare coverage to include TAVR in patients with native AR.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) was present in 1 in 6 patients with chronic aortic regurgitation — either moderate-to-severe or severe — and was independently associated with an increased risk for mortality ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A transcatheter aortic valve replacement system designed to treat aortic regurgitation exceeded its safety and ...

This paper reports the sequence of events in a patient with Marfan's syndrome who evidently acquired aortic insufficiency secondary to chest trauma and in whom a Hufnagel valve was inserted. A 33-year ...

In patients with chronic aortic regurgitation and minimal or no symptoms, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging added to clinical and echocardiographic findings may enhance risk assessment, ...

WASHINGTON, DC—There’s fresh evidence that off-label use of TAVR devices for pure native aortic valve regurgitation (NAVR) is associated with “not optimal” outcomes, although newer-generation devices, ...

Palpation of the carotid pulse is of inestimable help in indicating which type of aortic-valve lesion predominates, and affords considerably more information than palpation at any other site. In pure ...

What is responsible for the myriad physical examination findings in patients with severe aortic regurgitation, including pulsation of multiple organs? When will the murmur of aortic valve ...