You could also have other heart problems, such as high blood pressure and bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), where your aortic valve has two flaps or cusps instead of three.

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital lesion in adults. 1 There is a high incidence of associated valvular lesions, including aortic valve prolapse, 2 aortic regurgitation, 2 3 4 ...

The association of bicuspid aortic valve with aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and infective endocarditis has been known for almost 150 years and with dissection of the aorta for 75 years.1These ...

Aortic dissection occurs in individuals with disorders of connective tissue, including those caused by fibrillin mutations (Marfan syndrome), collagen mutations (Ehlers–Danlos syndrome), transforming ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

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. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

Editorial Aortic Stenosis — Listen to the Patient, Look at the Valve Author: Catherine M. Otto, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published August 31, 2000 N Engl J Med 2000;343: 652 - 654 ...

A horseshoe kidney was seen on renal ultrasound and an echocardiography revealed aortic coarctation. The 45,X karyotype confirmed the diagnosis. Diagnosis: Turner's syndrome.

The 45,X karyotype confirmed the diagnosis. Diagnosis: Turner's syndrome. Management: Growth hormone therapy (1 IU/kg/week; ~0.05 mg/kg/day) was started together with oxandrolone (0.05 mg/kg/day) and ...

Patients received a new treatment for heart valve disease, which did not require riskier open-heart surgery or travel to London. Five people from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Peterborough and ...

A 15-year-old girl was referred to our clinic for evaluation of short stature and delayed puberty. Her height was 139.3 cm (13.2 cm below the 3 rd percentile on a standard growth chart), her BMI ...