There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

In a healthy heart, blood flows in only one direction. The four valves of the heart prevent blood from flowing backward. But a leaky heart valve, or heart valve regurgitation, causes a backflow of ...

Heart valve disease occurs when at least one of the four valves in the heart fails to operate as usual. This can be due to valves allowing blood to leak backward, valves being too narrow, or valves ...

Valvular heart disease is a form of heart disease that occurs when one or more of the heart’s four valves don’t function properly. Valve replacement surgery may be an option if the valves of your ...

What Is Heart Valve Disease? Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves don't work the way they should. Your heart has four valves: pulmonary, tricuspid, aortic, and mitral. Your ...

The development of intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography together with improved understanding of the functional anatomy of the aortic valve have allowed the design of several new ...