Cardiostenosis

Cardiostenosis is a narrowing of the aortic lumen. Doctors often encounter isolated post-inflammatory cardiac stenosis. Another common type of cardiac stenosis is atherosclerotic, when cholesterol plaques cause a narrowing in the aorta at the border or in other areas. Atherosclerotic cardiac stenosis is often complicated by aneurysm and thrombosis of the coronary artery and sometimes by aneurysmal dilatation of the aorta above the valve with interruption of blood flow. Symptoms have a certain sequence of manifestations: diffuse headaches of a compressive or pulsating nature with dizziness in combination with palpitations and nausea and vomiting; burning pain behind the sternum and in the interscapular region; dyspnea. Somewhat less frequently, congestive heart failure is manifested by cardialgia with a typical location of the pain area near the sternum or in the upper abdomen without any connection with physical activity. In severe cases of infective endocarditis with a decrease in cardiac contractility, tachycardia and systolic murmur are detected at the border of the pulmonary trunk and the first sound. The formation of defects in infective endocarditis occurs extremely rarely, due to the preservation of the elasticity of the leaflets when they are separated by sclerotic deposits.