The asymmetric increase in wall thickness can lead to dynamic LV outflow tract obstruction and systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve. There is an increased incidence of diastolic ...

Dr Boon, Department of Neurology of the St Anna Hospital, PO Box 90, 5660 AB, Geldrop, Netherlands. Aims To determine whether mitral annular calcification and aortic valve calcification, with or ...

Significant MR with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and age between 75 and 85 years were associated ... deemed unsuitable for open surgical mitral valve repair or replacement.24,25 Our ...

2 Systematic short-axis views at mitral valve (MV) level, at the base of papillary muscles and at apex ... An asymmetric pattern of hypertrophy or concomitant left ventricular outflow tract ...

Researchers enrolled 47 patients, including 39 with HFpEF and 22 with AF. Echocardiographic assessments were performed at rest and during maximal exercise to evaluate AFMR severity, mitral annular ...

Michel Chedid El Helou, MD, MsC, et al., reviewed a case of a 38-year-old man who presented with recurrent dyspnea and chest discomfort during exertion that started shortly after a mitral valve repair ...

Once you have made the decision to have heart valve replacement surgery, you, along with your surgeon, will need to decide what type of replacement valve is best for you. There are several types of ...

Systolic hypertension is a major health economy problem within our aging society. Increased arterial stiffness is the vascular phenotype of systolic hypertension, especially of the large arteries ...

including evaluation of differential diagnosis, imaging, provocation of left ventricular outflow obstruction, treatment of obstructive and nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with negative ...

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Transthoracic echocardiography showed a hyperdynamic left ventricle with symmetric wall thickening (17 mm), systolic intracavitary ... wall thickening, and mitral valve thickening.