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Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Etiology
 • Severity and Grading
 • Management

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Aortic #Valve #Stenosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis ... #Valve #Stenosis ... #AS #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #aorta
Aortic Stenosis & Bicuspid Aortic Valve (AS)
 • Introduction & Pathophysiology
 • Classifications
 • Epidemiology
 •
Aortic Stenosis ... Valve (AS) • ... Epidemiology • Clinical ... /Diagnostic findings ... #Stenosis #Bicuspid
Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Current ACC/AHA ... valve area (AVA ... common problem in clinical ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Aortic #Stenosis
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Moderate or severe mitral ... stenosis • Mechanical ... heart valve ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
valve prolapse ... disease (e.g., aortic ... insufficiency, stenosis ... ) • Severe mitral ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
Clinical Findings ... vegetations on mitral ... and aortic valve ... #Endocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... Severe Aortic stenosis ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis