Evaluation of left ventricular reverse remodeling in patients with severe aortic regurgitation undergoing aortic valve replacement: Comparison between diameters and volumes.
Géraldine OngBjorn RedforsAaron CrowleyHusam Abdel-QadirAlana HarringtonYangbo LiuMyriam Lafrenière-RoulaHoward Leong-PoiMark D PetersonKim A ConnellyPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
Compared to the volume-based method, diameter-based LV measurement incorrectly identified LV reverse remodeling post-AVR in 17% of patients with severe AR. Left ventricle (LV) volume may be a better measure to assess LV remodeling post-AVR than LV diameter-based measurements.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- early onset
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- optic nerve
- pulmonary hypertension
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- left atrial
- coronary artery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- cardiac resynchronization therapy