Aortic stenosis

Aortic stenosis
Definition:
The aorta is the large artery that originates in the left ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart.
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Aortic stenosis may be present in varying degrees, classified according to how much obstruction to blood flow is present. A child with severe aortic stenosis will be quite ill, with major symptoms noted early in life.
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Aortic stenosis means narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart. Normally, blood passes from the left lower chamber of the heart, called the left ventricle, through the aortic valve into the main artery of the body, the aorta.
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Aortic stenosis is caused by many disorders. One common cause is rheumatic fever, a complication of untreated strep throat. Other causes include calcification of the valve and congenital abnormalities (disorders present at birth).
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IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC SUBAORTIC STENOSIS - A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall.
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Aortic Stenosis
Arrhythmias
Arteriosclerosis (Atherosclerosis)
Atherosclerosis
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Septal Defects
Atrioventricular Block (Heart Block)
Auricular Flutter (Atrial Flutter)
AV Block (Heart Block) ...
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Aortic Stenosis - Aortic Valve Stenosis is the narrowing (stenosis) of the heart valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta. This narrowing impedes the delivery of blood through the aorta to the body. Source:MedicineNet ...
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- Aortic Stenosis:
Narrowing of the valve between the lower left heart chamber of the aorta
- Tertralogy of Fallot:
Four associated defects: a ventricular septal defect; pulmonary stenosis; displaced aorta; and enlargement of the lower right chamber ...
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Severe aortic stenosis
Your aortic valve has narrowed considerably.
If you have symptoms ...
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To correct aortic stenosis, the Ross procedure grafts the pulmonary artery to the aorta.
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Aortic valve stenosis — or aortic stenosis — is a condition in which the heart's aortic valve narrows.
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"Aortic Stenosis." In Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1997.
McGoon, Michael D. "Aortic Stenosis." In Mayo Clinic Heart Book. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1993.
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As in subacute, subaortic stenosis, subarachnoid, subclavian, subclinical disease, subcutaneous, subdural, subglottis, subjacent, sublingual, subluxation, and subtotal hysterectomy. From the Latin preposition sub meaning under.
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Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Aortic stenosis
Pulmonic stenosis
Coarctation of the aorta
Atrioventricular canal (endocardial cushion defect) ...
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CryoLife-O'Brien stentless porcine heart valve Stentless porcine heart valve for replacement of the aortic valve in adults suffering from aortic stenosis. PMA filed; not yet FDA approved. Mfg: CryoLife. Source: PR Newswire - 8/16/2001.
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