VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Causes a) stenosis i) “narrowing” and failure of forward flow b) insufficiency (regurgitation, incompetence) i) failure of valve to close completely…

1. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE Causes a)stenosis i)“narrowing” and failure offorward flow b)insufficiency (regurgitation,incompetence)i)failure of valve to closecompletely…

Slide 1Aortic Stenosis Echo Clinical Conference March 10, 2010 Anne B. Riley Slide 2 Outline Epidemiology Etiology Disease Course Imaging evaluation Management New Technologies…

Slide 1 Slide 2 © Continuing Medical Implementation …...bridging the care gap Valvular Heart Disease Tulika Jain, MD Resident Teaching Conference December 5, 2008 Slide…

Etiology *Any conditions resulting in incompetent aortic leaflets _Congenital Bicuspid AV _Aortopathy Cystic medial necrosis Collagen disorders (.Marfan Syn.] Ehler-Danlos…

Valvular Heart Disease Allan B. Ruales, M.D., FPCP, FPCC Aortic Stenosis Occurs in 25% of all pxs with chronic VHD 80% of adult pxs with valvular AS are male Etiology : congenital…

VALVULER HEART DISEASE Yrd.Doç.Dr.Olcay ÖZVEREN Aortic Stenosis Pathology : Obstruction to left ventricular (LV) outflow Causes : a congenital bicuspid valve with superimposed…