The initial ­evaluation should include: Evaluation of heart situs ... The degree of aortic arch obstruction must always be interpreted in the context of left ventricular function.

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...

A heart murmur can occur when one of these valves does not function properly. The aortic valve sits between the left ...

Left ventricular chamber enlargement and hypertrophy (increased wall thickness) take place in order to maintain a normal forward cardiac output in chronic aortic regurgitation (Heart’s the Heart ...

The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply to your heart, via the coronary arteries, originates. The ascending aorta continues upward to form the ...

The aortic valve sits between the heart's main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) and the aorta (the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body). Narrowing of this valve ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

At that time a heart murmur ... primarily of the left ventricle, but also of the left atrium, an aneurysm of the ascending aorta, with slight dilatation of the arch and descending thoracic aorta ...

Heterotaxy arises from a failure of the embryo to establish normal left-right asymmetry and ... Beyond this, the overall patterning of the aortic arch, atria, and heart and stomach situs were ...

This paper reports the sequence of events in a patient with Marfan's syndrome who evidently acquired aortic ... heart revealed an enlarged transverse diameter, with hypertrophy of the left ventricle.

The ring is formed by the left ligamentum. Vascular rings with left aortic arch ... of left heart to support a full cardiac output (dimensions and anatomy of the mitral valve, : left ventricle ...

The symptoms of aortic valve regurgitation are those predominately of congestive heart failure. As chronic aortic regurgitation develops slowly over time, the left ventricle can easily compensate ...