Changes in Carotid Duplex Ultrasound Velocities After Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis.
Daniel M ShivapourOmair JavedYuping WuEllen BrinzaDeborah HornacekJuliana ConicHeather L GornikEsther S H KimPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)
Although severe AS may cause characteristic changes in the spectral Doppler waveform on CDU imaging, there is no significant effect on the ICA PSV or EDV. Adjustments in velocity criteria to determine the degree of carotid artery stenosis in patients with substantial AS may not be necessary.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- early onset
- coronary artery disease
- blood flow
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- optical coherence tomography
- drug induced
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation