The usual recommendations of screening for men include those between 65-75 who have smoked. An ultrasound is a great ...

Mild poststenotic dilatation and increased left atrium/aortic root transverse ratio is noted. Blood flow velocity in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the same patient (Figure 3 ...

Intraoperative echocardiography has been used during surgery to define the degree of wall stress and the mechanical characteristics of the aneurysmal aorta, including aortic extensibility ...

While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be associated with aortic dilation and dissection ... All patients diagnosed with bicuspid AV by echocardiogram from 1980 to 1999 were included.

Calcification of the aortic valve, pulmonary congestion and post-stenotic dilation of the aorta are ... gradient between the LV and the aorta on echocardiography. Aortic stenosis is described ...

A person affected by aortic dilation usually does not notice anything. But more and more people with aortic dilation are being discovered by health care—often by chance. "In health care ...

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE ... aortic valve (AV), a bileaflet valve or other congenital AV anomaly, dilated aortic sinuses, rheumatic valve changes or previous infective endocarditis.