Indirect ultrasound evaluation of left ventricular outflow tract diameter implications for heart failure and aortic stenosis severity assessment.
Gabriele PestelliAndrea FiorencisValeria PergolaGiovanni Andrea LuisiVittorio SmarrazzoFilippo TrevisanDonato MelePublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
Aortic root and LV dimensions affect LVOTD independently from anthropometric data and are included in a new comprehensive equation for predicting LVOTD. This should improve evaluation of LV output in HF and severity of AS when direct LVOTD measurement is difficult or impossible.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- ejection fraction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- acute heart failure
- magnetic resonance imaging
- body composition
- electronic health record
- big data
- coronary artery disease
- ultrasound guided
- machine learning
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- aortic dissection
- acute coronary syndrome