Moderate aortic stenosis: importance of symptoms and left ventricular ejection fraction.
Jan StassenSee Hooi EweSteele C ButcherMohammed R AmanullahKensuke HirasawaGurpreet K SinghKenny Y K SinZee P DingStephan M PioChing-Hui SiaNicholas W S ChewWilliam K F KongKian Keong PohDavid J CohenPhilippe GénéreuxMartin B LeonNina Ajmone MarsanVictoria DelgadoJeroen J BaxPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2021)
Moderate AS is associated with poor long-term survival. Baseline symptom severity and LVEF are associated with worse outcomes in these patients. Patients with low-normal LVEF (<60%) and mild symptoms (NYHA II) already have an increased risk of adverse events.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- high intensity
- heart failure
- depressive symptoms
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- adipose tissue
- chronic kidney disease