Since there is little hemodynamic consequence to mild and moderate aortic stenosis, the patient can tolerate this condition for years before the onset of symptoms. At some point, however ...

The classic triad of symptoms of aortic stenosis are angina, syncope and dyspnea. Mortality from aortic stenosis dramatically increases once symptoms develop. No medical therapy has convincingly ...

Blood enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve and leaves through the aortic valve. A stenotic valve is a valve opening that has gotten smaller and is partially obstructing blood flow. In ...

The Philippine Heart Center has reached a significant milestone by successfully performing six Transcatheter Aortic Valve ...

A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), a valvular heart condition that can be ...

Until now, patients with aortic stenosis—a narrowing of one of the heart's main valves—have had to wait until symptoms become severe before undergoing valve replacement. Findings from the ...

Even if you don’t have symptoms, your doctor may be able to detect aortic regurgitation by listening to your heart with a stethoscope. If your doctor hears a whooshing sound in between beats ...

Without treatment, 1 in 10 patients experiencing symptoms of severe aortic stenosis (AS) may die within five weeks. However, the symptoms of severe AS can be difficult to detect and may progress ...

Aortic stenosis is usually a slowly progressive ... A 46-year-old woman was first seen in 1940 with symptoms of neurocirculatory asthenia. The only abnormal findings on physical examination ...

As mentioned previously, medically managed treatment of severe aortic stenosis has a dismal prognosis, with an overall mean survival of 3 years from the onset of symptoms. [11,12] Surgical valve ...