A fourth heart sound (S4) may develop when LV hypertrophy ... Syphilitic aortitis, resulting in aortic root dilation and severe aortic valve regurgitation, was quite common. With no therapy ...

The peripheral signs of aortic regurgitation are mostly ... A soft first heart sound may be present, due to early closure of the mitral 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 ...

with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's prespecified goal of 25% to show non-inferiority, according to a ...

with a valve designed to treat aortic regurgitation had an overall mortality rate of just 8.1% at one year, well below the trial's prespecified goal of 25% to show non-inferiority, according to a ...

left sternal border or lower precordium and thus diverts attention from the aortic valve. Always associated with this musical sound, however, is a rough, although perhaps very faint, systolic ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated ... effect on cardiac morphology in athletes ...

Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity ... stroke, bleeding, valve embolization, aortic regurgitation, heart block that requires a permanent pacemaker, renal failure, pulmonary ...

The second heart sound, S2, occurs when the aortic and pulmonary valves close ... They can also indicate a type of heart disease, like a faulty valve or a congenital (present at birth) heart ...

The sound of the murmur comes from turbulence rather than a smooth flow as blood moves across a narrowed, thickened aortic ...