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Moderate gradient severe aortic stenosis: diagnosis, prognosis and therapy

Aortic stenosis (AS) is defined as severe in the presence of: mean gradient ≥40 mmHg, peak aortic velocity ≥4 m/s, and aortic valve area (AVA) ≤1 cm(2) (or an indexed AVA ≤0.6 cm(2)/m(2)). However, up to 40% of patients have a discrepancy between gradient and AVA, i.e. AVA ≤1 cm(2) (indicating sever...

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Autor principal: Rizzello, Vittoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8503314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34650372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab108