It has been shown that ejection phase indices are elevated in children with aortic stenosis (AS) at rest. We performed two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography in 14 patients with AS and in 7 ...

Supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) is the major cardiac lesion of Williams Syndrome (WS). WS also has features of mental retardation (MR), characteristic facies and variable hypercalcemia in ...

DAVID MONTGOMERY: Aortic stenosis is a tightening of one of the four major valves of the heart. The aortic valve is particularly important because the aortic valve is the gateway to the rest of ...

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 ...

In asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis, the survival is similar to age-matched controls. [1,16] The mainstay of medical treatment for these patients is simply appropriate ...