Prevalence and significance of relative apical sparing in aortic stenosis: insights from an echo and cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of patients referred for surgical aortic valve replacement.
João AbecasisPedro LopesRita Reis SantosSérgio MaltêsSara GuerreiroAntónio FerreiraPedro FreitasRegina RibeirasMaria João AndradeRita Theias MansoSancia RamosVictor GilPier Giorgio MasciNuno CardimPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
RASP is not specific of cardiac amyloidosis. It may also be found in severe symptomatic AS without amyloidosis, reflecting advanced LV disease, being mostly reversible after surgery.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- magnetic resonance
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve
- multiple myeloma
- contrast enhanced
- coronary artery disease
- risk factors
- early onset
- robot assisted
- diffusion weighted
- computed tomography
- drug induced
- diffusion weighted imaging
- atrial fibrillation