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Aortic Stenosis; Heart Valve Disease; Valvular Heart Diseases |
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a heart condition caused by the incomplete opening of the aortic valve. The aortic valve controls the direction of blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. When in good working order, the aortic valve does not impede the flow of blood between these two spaces. Under some circumstances, the aortic valve becomes narrower than normal, impeding the flow of blood. This is known as aortic valve stenosis, or aortic stenosis, often abbreviated as AS. Pathop ...
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Resources
- American Heart Association
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
- Aortic Regurgitation (American Heart Association)
- Aortic stenosis (Google Health)
- Aortic Valve Calcification (Aortic Valve Sclerosis) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Aortic Valve Replacement (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Aortic Valve Stenosis (MayoClinic)
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve (American Hospital Association)
- Characterization of the early lesion of'degenerative'valvular aortic stenosis. Histological and (Google Health)
- Chest X-Rays: Helping Detect Heart and Lung Conditions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Aortic Valve Stenosis (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Valve Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- Dental Care and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Ebstein's Anomaly (American Heart Association)
- Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
- Ejection Fraction (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
- Heart Murmurs (American Heart Association)
- Heart Murmurs and Your Child (Nemours Foundation)
- Heart Murmurs: Can They Develop Later in Life? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Heart Valve Diseases
- Heart Valve Diseases (Medline Plus)
- Heart Valve Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- Heart Valve Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Heart Valve Replacement [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Heart Valves (American Heart Association)
- Mitral Valve Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation (MayoClinic)
- Mitral Valve Stenosis (MayoClinic)
- MR Angiography (MRA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Name That Valve (Nemours Foundation)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Percutaneous transcatheter implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis for calcific aortic stenos (Google Health)
- Prosthetic Heart Valve (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (American Heart Association)
- Rheumatic Heart Disease/Rheumatic Fever (American Heart Association)
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Supravalvular aortic stenosis (Google Health)
- Tests to Diagnose Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Tissue-Engineered Valves Give Diseased Hearts New Life (American Heart Association)
- What Is a Heart Murmur? (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- What Is Heart Valve Surgery? (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- What to Expect after Your Heart Surgery (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
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