Aortic stenosis is 1 of the most common heart valve diseases among adults. When symptoms develop, prognosis is poor, and current guidelines recommend prompt aortic valve replacement. Depending of the ...

Objective The optimal treatment of patients with acute and severe decompensation of aortic stenosis is unclear due to recent advances in transcatheter interventions and supportive therapies. Our aim ...

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is an abnormality readily apparent by the combination of upper body hypertension and weak or absent femoral pulses. Nevertheless, studies in children's hospitals ...

Introduction ‘Porcelain aorta’ is listed in the second consensus document of the Valve Academic Research Consortium as a risk factor in aortic valve replacement. However, the extent of circumferential ...

Objectives: To determine the relation of ambulatory systolic blood pressure to aortic obstruction and more extensive vascular dysfunction, assessed by central aortic, peripheral conduit arterial and ...

DISCUSSION. Ascending aortic dissection is a relatively less common and challenging pathology affecting on an average three to four individuals per 100,000 people per year, with very high mortality, ...

Congenital coarctation of the aorta was diagnosed in a 3-year-old boy with a systolic murmur, a brachial pressure of 130/95 mm Hg, and an ankle pressure of 75 mm Hg. Diagnosis was confirmed by ...