The traditional approach to the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is
focused on the best estimation of left ventricular mass (LVM) ie finding ECG criteria that …

Although echocardiography remains the principal imaging technique for assessment of the
cardiac valves, contrast material–enhanced electrocardiographically gated computed …

The congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with increased leaflet calcification,
ascending aortic dilatation, aortic stenosis (AS) and regurgitation (AR). Although underlying …

For evaluation of prosthetic heart valve obstruction echocardiography and fluoroscopy
provide primarily functional information but may not unequivocally establish the cause of …

OBJECTIVE: Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is an emerging therapy for selected
patients with severe aortic stenosis. Preoperative imaging of the aortic root facilitates sizing …

Recent technical developments in cardiovascular imaging have led to a number of options
for the non-invasive investigation of cardiovascular disease. Often, the choice of imaging …

Valvular disease is estimated to account for as many as 20% of cardiac surgical procedures
performed in the United States. It may be congenital in origin or secondary to another …

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) benefit from aortic valve replacement
(AVR). Management of severe AS in the absence of symptoms is, however, controversial …

Background The pathophysiology of paradoxical low-gradient (LG) severe aortic stenosis
(SAS) remains controversial. As low transvalvular flow has been implicated, we sought to …

Background—Recent works using echocardiography suggested that low gradient (LG), low
flow (LF) aortic stenosis (AS) has more pronounced left ventricular (LV) concentric …