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Marfan Awareness Month | Understanding Marfan Syndrome 💙 Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue—the “glue” that helps support and hold everything together. Because connective tissue is everywhere, Marfan can impact many parts of the body, including the heart, aorta, eyes, bones, and joints. One of the most serious concerns with Marfan syndrome is its effect on the aorta, the body’s main artery. The aorta can become enlarged or weaken

Understanding Aortic Stenosis Aortic stenosis is one of the most common and serious valve diseases. It occurs when the aortic valve opening becomes narrowed, making it harder for blood to leave the heart and reach the body. At first, the heart compensates. Over time, that compensation fails — and symptoms appear. Aortic stenosis prognosis: What 6 facts should you know? Heart-valve-surgery.com n.d. https://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/aortic-stenosis-prognosis.php (accessed Feb

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Good morning everyone and welcome to our first week of February posts! The theme this month will be aortic valve disease! Aortic Valve Anatomy To understand aortic valve disease, we must first understand what the normal aortic valve is and does! After blood gets oxygenated in your lungs it re-enters the heart and fills the left ventricle. With each heartbeat, the left ventricle will pump blood through the aortic valve into the aorta, which carries it throughout the rest of t