Auscultation of the heart in patients with aortic stenosis can be very helpful in both the diagnosis and determining the severity of disease. The typical murmur of aortic stenosis is a high ...

Background Aortic stenosis is a degenerative condition with high mortality in its severe stages and no preventive treatment.

Aortic stenosis, affecting nine million people globally, is often unnoticed as symptoms are mistaken for aging. This heart ...

Diagnosing aortic stenosis usually begins with a physical exam. Your healthcare provider often detects a heart murmur, a ...

whereas the murmur of severe aortic stenosis would peak later. Remember from the Heart Sounds Topic Review that the delay in aortic valve closure can cause a paradoxically split S2 heart sound and ...

X-ray examination of the heart revealed enlargement ... with a so-called Graham-Steell murmur actually have mitral stenosis and an accompanying adynamic aortic insufficiency rather than an ...

February is American Heart Month. Sister Bay’s David Lienau wasn’t even aware that his heart health was in jeopardy. But ...

Aortic stenosis is a disease often diagnosed in its asymptomatic phase due to its distinct murmur and the widespread ... The intensity of the second heart sound is often diminished due to the ...

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the ... Finally the second heart sound may be reduced in intensity. There are three main forms of ...

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 ...

Aortic stenosis, affecting nine million people globally, is often unnoticed as symptoms are mistaken for aging. This heart condition, common in elderly, restricts blood flow due to valve narrowing ...