The direct radial-artery pressure-pulse tracing was taken just before surgery for severe aortic stenosis with mild aortic insufficiency (the peak systolic pressure gradient across the aortic valve ...

Continuing our series exploring diagnoses that can easily be missed, Dr Charlotte Weaver describes a case of aortic stenosis that was initially overlooked A 62-year-old female attended the practice ...

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 ...