In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

Structural abnormalities such as calcification or thickening of the ... The size of the aortic root can be measured and aortic dissections can be identified. The severity of AR can be estimated ...

“In pure AR patients, there is no aortic annulus or leaflet calcification for stable anchoring ... between the prosthesis and the aortic root. “With this new sizing algorithm, the risk of ...

Long-axis parasternal view, revealing the intensity of calcification and doming of ... dilatation and increased left atrium/aortic root transverse ratio is noted. Blood flow velocity in the ...