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Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... area (AVA) <1.0 cm2 ... >50 mmHg (2) (Table ... AorticStenosis #Classification ... #Severity #Criteria
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... HOCM or Takotsubo CM ... #Shock #Classification ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
comparing the severity ... troponin of 0.7 ng/ml ... The table below ... Definition #NSTEMI #Comparison ... #Table
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
can be found in table ... an EOA of 0.8 cm2 ... rather than 1.0 cm2 ... AorticStenosis #Classification ... #Severity #Criteria
Aortic Stenosis Severity Classification

Mild AS:
 • Valve Area > 1.5 cm2
 • Mean Gradient < 20
Aortic Stenosis Severity ... Classification ... Aortic #Stenosis #Severity ... #Classification ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Table