Women are often underdiagnosed and undertreated when it comes to heart disease, particularly conditions like aortic stenosis.

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

A mild increase in blood flow velocity (1.5-1.7 ... wave Doppler parallel to the direction of velocity jet. Concomitant valvular lesions including aortic insufficiency and mitral regurgitation ...

PC CMR is analogous to Doppler echocardiography and measures flow velocity and direction over time. PC CMR imaging is typically performed through an imaging plane (‘though-plane’) in the ascending ...

The heart’s chambers and valves are arranged to direct the flow of the blood as the ... mitral and aortic) open and close at just the right moment to keep the blood moving in the proper direction ...

Red arrows indicate blood flow or average blood velocity over a cross-section (larger arrow means higher flow/velocity), while black arrows indicate wave speed and direction of wave ... much does wave ...

When the ventricles contract (systole) they squeeze blood out of the heart and into the arteries—especially the aorta. When the ventricles ... the heart and in the veins that make blood flow in the ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

Successful weaning from the IABP requires the patient to have no signs of CS with a satisfactory blood ... aortic blood volume towards the coronary tree, causing a redistribution of blood flow ...