aortic valve is a valve in the heart of humans and most other animals, located between the left ventricle and the aorta. It is one of the four valves...

Aortic valve repair or aortic valve reconstruction is the reconstruction of both form and function of a dysfunctional aortic valve. Most frequently it...

thoracoabdominal aortic repair is a more extensive operation than either an isolated infrarenal or thoracic aortic repair. OAS is distinct from aortic valve repair and...

(where the aorta begins), such that problems result. It may occur at the aortic valve as well as above and below this level. It typically gets worse over time...

Aortic valve replacement is a procedure whereby the failing aortic valve of a patient's heart is replaced with an artificial heart valve. The aortic valve...

Aortic valve repair is a surgical procedure used to correct some aortic valve disorders as an alternative to aortic valve replacement. Aortic valve repair...

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a form of heart disease in which two of the leaflets of the aortic valve fuse during development in the womb resulting in...

more of the four valves of the heart (the aortic and mitral valves on the left side of heart and the pulmonic and tricuspid valves on the right side...

syndrome; a bicuspid aortic valve; and previous heart surgery. Major trauma, smoking, cocaine use, pregnancy, a thoracic aortic aneurysm, inflammation...

likely to be needed. Aortic aneurysms resulted in about 172,427 deaths in 2017 up from 100,000 in 1990. Aortic valve repair Aortic dissection Cardarelli's...