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Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Etiology
 • Severity and Grading
 • Management

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Aortic #Valve #Stenosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis ... • Etiology • Severity ... and Grading • ... #AS #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
Aortic Stenosis ... and are usually caused ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Aortic #Stenosis ... Classification #Severity
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... Stenosis in Adults ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Aortic #Stenosis ... Classification #Severity
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Papillary Muscle Dysfunction ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... hemochromatosis) Valvular Stenosis ... systemic HTN, aortic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
where there is RV dysfunction ... PE, tricuspid stenosis ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Pressure Recovery (PR). 
When the ventricle contracts, blood flow converges beyond the aortic valve (AV) at
of net pressure gradient ... In aortic stenosis ... However, is some cases ... of aortic stenosis ... #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart is pounding, racing ... or sinus node dysfunction ... disease (e.g., aortic ... insufficiency, stenosis ... regurgitation • Severe aortic