An aortic stenosis murmur is an unusual sound the heart makes due to a narrowing of the aortic heart valve. The narrowed heart valve restricts blood flow from the heart, which can create a murmur.
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 ...
Further investigations showed that the apical diastolic murmur was transmitted from the aortic region. Thus, the diagnosis of mitral stenosis was seriously doubted. Case 3. C. S., a 43-year-old ...
Aortic stenosis is a disease often diagnosed in its asymptomatic phase due to its distinct murmur and the widespread use of noninvasive imaging. The history, however, is still of paramount ...
A heart murmur can happen when this valve doesn’t function properly. In many cases, aortic valve stenosis is the culprit. This condition eventually restricts blood flow between the heart’s ...
Each heavy vertical line represents two-tenths second. Note the double systolic sound associated with the double summit of the pulsus bisferiens in this case of severe aortic stenosis. The purpose ...
When the patient attended the GP surgery following her loss of consciousness, cardiovascular examination demonstrated a heart murmur and an urgent request for echo was therefore made. The echo clinic ...
Auscultation is fleeting and systolic murmur is missed. But the English language literature from Asia contains multiple publications that describe the development of aortic valve stenosis after ...