Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA) is a bulge in the Aorta, the largest vessel carrying blood to the rest of the body.They are relatively rare, occurring in 10 / 100, 000 people with around 20% of cases linked to family history of aneurysmal disease. The definite causes of the disease is still unknown, but some genetic connective tissue diseases and family...
Category: Cardiac Surgery
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Mitral Valve Disease
Mitral Valve Disease refers to diseases of the mitral valve that separates the chambers of the left heart, ventricle and atrium. It is mostly mitral stenosis (blockage), mitral insufficiency (leakage), or mitral valve endocarditis (infection). Treatment could be conservative, minimally invasive intervention or surgical. If you have mitral disease, our Specialist at USA Doctors would be...
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Aortic Valve Disease
The Aortic Valve separates the left ventricle of the heart from the aorta. Hence, it is the valve that affects the flow of blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Multiple disease processes affect this valve mostly leading to Aortic Stenosis with obstruction to the flow of blood out of the heart,...



