Assertion: severe aortic stenosis | /r/HasProperty | as
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text: The physical examination and echocardiogram are consistent with severe aortic stenosis (AS).
text: Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is usually defined on the basis of both an aortic valve effective orifice area (EOA)
text: The majority (50% to 70%) of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) develop left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy with normal LV cavity size and ejection fraction (EF), which allows maintenance of normal LV pump function.
text: I suspect that most practitioners reading this editorial would find that this clinical picture is consistent with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) and would recommend aortic valve replacement (AVR), yet only the indexed valve area meets guideline definitions for severe AS.
text: The observations that some asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) may be at higher risk, and that outcomes associated with surgical (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have progressively improved raise the question of whether current indications for AVR that rely on symptoms and/or left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction should be reassessed.
text: During this period, the assessment and surgical treatment of severe aortic stenosis (AS) in adults, predominantly rheumatic in origin, were both undergoing rapid changes.
text: Outcome in patients additionally diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis (AS) due to the aortic valve area (AVA) index (AVA index ) criterion.