D.A.M. Answer: The aortic valve, which separates the left ventricle from the aorta (the largest artery in the body), is supposed to have three leaflets. About 1 percent of people have only two ...

[11–14] Calcific aortic valve disease is characterized by progressive aortic valve leaflet thickening and calcification that results in a valve that does not fully open and thus partially ...

Pi-Cardia’s transcatheter ShortCut device is designed to snake into the heart’s preexisting aortic valve, grasp the defunct implant’s leaflets and quickly slice them in two, removing the ...

Aortic valve prolapse was defined as downward displacement of cuspal material below a line joining the points of attachment of the aortic valve leaflets. Twenty four cases of aortic valve prolapse ...

Background Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is often associated with a concomitant aortopathy. However, few studies have evaluated the effect of the aortic valve (AV) phenotype on the rate of dilation of ...

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest. Aortic stenosis (AS), special populations, surgical aortic valve replacements (SAVR), transcatheter aortic valve implantations (TAVI), transcatheter ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent valve pathology, and calcific valve disease (CAVD) is the most frequent etiology ...

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...

Each calcified lesion from the base to the tip of the aortic valve leaflets was carefully selected, excluding calcifications found in the coronary arteries, aortic root, and left ventricular outflow ...

Turner's syndrome may cause coarctation of the aorta or malformation of the aortic valve. Marfan syndrome can cause aortic aneurysm due to the weakening of connective tissues, including those that ...