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* [[Aortic Valve]] * [[Classification of valve stenosis and regurgitation]]

=Aortic Valve= ==Aortic valve stenosis - severity==

==Different types of valve art== ...f a valve prosthesis it is necessary to be aware of the different types of valve prostheses. There is a difference in the kind and in the type and diameter.

...an be subdivided ito the aortic root (including the aortic annulus, aortic valve, and sinuses of Valsalva), the ascending aorta, the aortic arch, and the de *The presence of aortic valve insufficiency

|+ Normal Values Mechanical Aortic Valve Art<cite>1</cite> !Valve

| style="padding-left:12px" | Above aortic valve (RVOT 1), cm | style="padding-left:12px" | Above pulmonic valve (RVOT 2), cm

| style="padding-left:12px" | Above aortic valve (RVOT 1), cm | style="padding-left:12px" | Above pulmonic valve (RVOT 2), cm

...They even went a step ahead and could detect restenosis in patients after mitral commissurotomy. The vital part of their success was their ability to record

...ion of other compartments, and an insufficiency of mitral and/or tricuspid valve ...symmetrical hypertrophy of the myocardium (not to be confused with aortic stenosis or hypertension).

...e can measure very high velocities (i.e., velocities of aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation). The advantage of CW is high sensitivity and ease of detect ...e sonographer (i.e., the velocity at the LVOT or at the tips of the mitral valve). This is called range resolution. The major disadvantage of PW Doppler i