CEO Christian Mazzi said the minimally invasive surgical technique could provide better outcomes for patients than ...

The normal aortic valve has three flexible leaflets or flaps. When the valve closes, the flaps come together and appear as a circle which has been trisected.

A normal aortic valve (left) versus a defective aortic valve (right) and their different sound signals (purple). The sound data was used to generate graphs at the bottom corners, which differ ...

Six patients have successfully undergone the procedure since it was introduced in November 2024. Read more at ...

A Normal aortic valve has three thin leaflets called cusps (tricuspid). About 1% of the population is born with a bicuspid aortic valve, i.e. with only two cusps in the valve.

Graphical diagnostics: Signals from a normal aortic valve (left) show two separated sounds while those from a defective aortic valve (right) display diamond-shaped murmurs. The sound data were used to ...

EH: The normal treatment for severe aortic valve disease is surgery — we take out the old aortic valve and sew in a new one. But it’s a serious operation and many patients are too sick or ...

Since the aortic valve is normal the QK d interval is normal. However, the greater time required for ejection of the large stroke volume from the left ventricle results in a somewhat prolonged QK ...

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve that affects how blood flows through the heart and body. While not often linked to heart valve narrowing, high and irregular blood pressure can ...

RUPTURE of the aortic valve may occur as a result of trauma, 1–4 strain, 1,5 or bacterial infection. 6,7 The valves are usually the site of some predisposing factors such as rheumatic valvulitis ...