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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been established as a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery in inoperable or high-risk patients presenting with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis. The feasibility and efficacy of valve-in-valve implantation in degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses have also been described and can currently be considered a valuable treatment ...

Aortic root abscess is a well-known complication of aortic valve endocarditis. This report describes the two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a patient with aortic valve endocarditis whose course was complicated by a posterior aortic root abscess which ruptured into the left atrium creating an aortico-left atrial fistula, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported. These...

BACKGROUND Congenital subaortic stenosis (SAS) has a high recurrence rate after surgical correction. Aortic valve disease frequently coexists with SAS, being its occurrence and progression unpredictable. We aimed to assess predictors of SAS recurrence and aortic valve disease occurrence and progression. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 51 patients with SAS followed in a congenital heart dise...

marfan’s syndrome (mfs) is a genetic disorder associated with autosomal dominant inheritance. in mfs, the most prevalent cause of death is cardiovascular involvement. here we introduce a family with a severe penetration of mfs. eleven members of this family have mfs (father, two daughters, three sons, and five grandchildren). the most common cardiac involvement in our patients was mitral valve ...

conclusions the patient underwent surgery several days later with complete resection of the tumor and coronary stent retrieval but his left ventricular ejection fraction remained poor after several months and he was referred for cardiac transplantation. introduction cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare tumor that can cause potentially fatal outcomes. case presentation we describ...

Interventional Procedure Guidance 394 from NICE concerns external aortic root support. The work of NICE is rightly regarded world wide as setting the standard in healthcare evaluation, and is to be welcomed by all who desire their practice to be underpinned by evidence, in the best interests of patients. The guidance sets out the evidence to date, and the steps which ‘clinicians wishing to unde...

Quadricuspid aortic valve is rare, with an estimated incidence of 0.008% to 1.46%. Most cases are encountered incidentally during aortic valve surgery or autopsy. The condition frequently progresses to aortic regurgitation, which can manifest in adulthood and may require surgical treatment. This anomaly may sometimes be associated with other malformations, the most common being coronary artery ...