Scientists have found that the aorta acts like a 'second heart,' using stretch-and-recoil power to pump blood—revealing a ...

your aortic valve -- the valve that pumps blood to your heart -- doesn’t fully close. (Photo Credit: Nucleus Medical Media/Medical Images) If you have advanced aortic valve regurgitation ...

As your heart beats, it pumps blood from the left ventricle through the aortic valve and into the aorta, your body’s largest artery. The aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of ...