That makes it harder for the leaflets to open and let blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. Aortic stenosis may be mild, moderate, or severe. It depends on how much of the blood is blocked.

Transthoracic echocardiography showed an enlarged left atrium (46 mm) with an indexed volume of 63 mL/m 2, moderate concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, a 76% left ventricular ejection fraction, ...

Generally, the disease is categorized by three stages, which serve as a guide and mark disease progression based on its symptoms. They are mild (early), moderate (middle), and severe (late) stage AD.

This time, doctors performed thorough scans, and transferred her to the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in ...

She was lucid, oriented, emaciated, tachydyspneic with accessory muscle use, pale (2+/4+), febrile and with mild tremor of the extremities ... mildly increased biatrial size and severe mitral valve ...

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Aortic regurgitation, on the other hand ... they can typically monitor mild leakage or narrowing over time. In this case, a cardiologist may periodically evaluate and perform imaging tests ...

The UK is experiencing "remarkably mild" weather on Christmas Eve. Although conditions today were forecast to be "grey and gloomy", it will be the warmest day of the week, with highs of up to 15C ...

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is a speech condition that occurs when the soft palate and throat are unable to create a seal while speaking. This causes nasal speech that can make the speaker ...

A median sternum incision was employed for all operations. To conduct aortic reconstruction surgery, the right axillary artery cannulation was performed for cardiopulmonary bypass and selective ...

Mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve leaks blood back into the left atrium. A person’s heart is made up of four different chambers. The top two chambers are known as the left and ...