A double inversion recovery fast spin-echo sequence was used to acquire short-axis images of the aortic valve in a breath-hold (15 +/- 3 seconds). All three leaflets of the aortic valve were seen ...

Transesophageal echocardiography revealed floating structures attached to all three leaflets of the aortic valve. Endocarditis was suspected, and antibiotic treatment was initiated with ampicillin ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE ... of the aortic regurgitation jet width (diameter) just below the leaflets of the aortic valve to the width (diameter) of the left ventricular outflow.

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is the most common congenital heart defect, characterized by the presence of only two leaflets in the aortic valve instead of the normal three. This condition ...

Two-dimensional echocardiography can demonstrate a thickened aortic valve, reduced leaflet mobility and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy. The severity of aortic stenosis is determined by ...

The valve leaflets are secured to a flexible ... We may also use transesophageal echocardiography (a type of ultrasound) to see your aortic valve inserted while you are asleep and then removed before ...

There are four valves in the heart and each one has strong flaps called “leaflets ... The heart valve can calcify and cause narrowing of the valve which is called stenosis. Stenosis happens most often ...

THE transventricular and transaortic approaches, with visualization of the valve, to correct calcareous aortic stenosis were ... other than in the lines of leaflet fusion. Post-mortem studies ...