2D imaging and Doppler interrogation of the ... papillary muscles, left ventricle, aortic annulus and valve need to be fully evaluated. A hypoplastic, parachute or arcade mitral valve, even ...

This means the proximal ascending aorta, around 35–50 mm from the aortic annulus, must be ≤40 mm ... Anatomical suitability is determined by several imaging modalities including angiography ...

Half of the cohort (n = 133) underwent preprocedural multidetector CT imaging; an algorithm using the CT results ... to the secondary combined endpoint (in-hospital mortality, aortic annular rupture, ...

There were no differences at 2 years between the groups for the individual endpoints of mortality, cardiovascular mortality, heart failure rehospitalization, or aortic ... more imaging earlier and ...

With a self-expanding, supra-annular ... aortic valve stenosis, increasing preference for minimally invasive procedures and the expanding geriatric population. Innovations in valve design, imaging ...

However, aortic annular size, prosthetic valve hemodynamics and gender are not taken into consideration in the current recommendations, Rodés-Cabau said. Data have suggested superior prosthetic ...

ATLANTA -- For transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) candidates with a small aortic annulus, the two leading platforms offered differing hemodynamic valve performances despite being ...

In patients with aortic stenosis and a small aortic annulus, results showed comparable composite outcome of mortality, disabling stroke, and heart failure hospitalization, and continued superior ...

At one-year, clinical safety outcomes show positive results with no valve or cardiovascular related mortality and importantly no prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM*) reported in these small annuli ...