In patients with mild aortic regurgitation, this fall in pressure is gradual. In severe aortic regurgitation, a rapid drop in pressure gradient occurs. A pressure half-time of greater than 500 ...

In patients with mild aortic regurgitation, this fall in pressure is gradual. In the setting of severe aortic regurgitation, a rapid drop in pressure gradient occurs. A pressure half-time of > 500 ...

In TAV athletes, the aortic and left ventricle dimensions did not increase significantly and remained ... Sports activity does not have an additional effect on cardiac morphology in athletes with ...

There was free aortic regurgitation because of dilatation of the valvular annulus; the cusps themselves were not deformed. The valve was excised and a No. 9 Starr-Edwards valve inserted.