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Moderate Aortic Stenosis With Cardiac Damage: A New Type of Severe Aortic Stenosis
Structural HeartThe clinical implications of severe aortic stenosis have been well established. Understanding of moderate aortic stenosis, however, continues to evolve. Athough moderate aortic stenosis may be less clinically impactful in patients with normal ventricular
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Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common form of valvular heart disease in Europe and North America. It is a progressive disease with a prolonged period of asymptomatic latency which eventually leads to critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction necessitating surgical replacement of the valve.
Norrington, K. +4 more
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Multimodality Imaging to Explore Sex Differences in Aortic Stenosis [PDF]
, 2022 The aim of this article is to review sex differences in aortic stenosis (AS) assessed with multimodality imaging. Echocardiography remains the mainstay imaging technique to diagnose AS and provides important insights into the differences between men and ...
Singh, G.K. +3 more
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, 1997 Objective To investigate the relation of hyperlipidaemia to calcific aortic valve stenosis. Design A case-control study designed to detect a clinically relevant difference in the fasting plasma concentrations of total cholesterol between the groups at ...
Stevenson, R N +3 more
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Calcific aortic stenosis [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent heart valve disorder in developed countries. It is characterized by progressive fibro-calcific remodelling and thickening of the aortic valve leaflets that, over years, evolve to cause severe obstruction to cardiac outflow.
Lindman, Brian R. +6 more
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Role of natriuretic peptides in the assessment of aortic stenosis severity [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Background/Aim. Symptom onset is a critical point in natural course of aortic stenosis and the most important indication for aortic valve replacement.
Davičević Žaklina +4 more
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Quadrivalvular Involvement in Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Rare Case Report
Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, 2022 Four-valve involvement (mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary) in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an exceedingly rare entity. We report the case of a 24-year-old male, a known case of RHD, who presented with dyspnea and presyncope for 2 months.
C M Satvic +4 more
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Congenital aortic stenosis due to unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve: a case report
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018 Background Unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve is an extremely rare congenital anomaly that usually presents in adulthood but can rarely present in infancy.
Arnar B. Ingason +2 more
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Alkaptonuric aortic stenosis [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2007 A 71-year-old male patient was referred for the evaluation of a high-grade aortic stenosis. His medical history revealed prosthetic hip and joint replacement due to degenerative arthritis at the age of 55. On physical examination, a 2/4 systolic ejection murmur at the right upper sternal border, kyphosis, and a bluish-black discolouration of the sclera
Mattias, Roser +4 more
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, 2012 Background: Valvular aortic stenosis is a common disease in the elderly, often in multimorbid patients. It is often associated with coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.
Michel, Sebastian +6 more
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