The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography. Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and ...

An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aortic wall may continue to further expand or remain unchanged, but close surveillance is necessary. As the ...

Bugay and his wife decided to stay overnight so he could have an echocardiogram the next morning. The cardiac exam unveiled a deadly surprise: A seven-centimeter aortic aneurysm that could fatally ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

Important issues to address are restenosis and/or aneurysm formation after ... in this regard, aortic annulus measure is crucial. Conventional TTE and TEE are largely used in clinical practice ...

Aortic dimensions on their last echocardiogram prior to dissection ... AV had a relative risk of 8.4 for aortic dissection. Aortic aneurysm was present at the time of bicuspid AV diagnosis in ...

ACURATE neo2 TAVI achieves high success in severe bicuspid aortic stenosis, demonstrating strong 30-day safety and efficacy.

In the era of quantitative echocardiography, they remain intellectually and historically interesting. In acute aortic regurgitation, peripheral signs are often absent, and the murmur of aortic ...

Aortic coarctation (CoA ... A study highlighted the successful use of echocardiography-guided stenting in very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight infants, demonstrating that this ...