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Aortic Valve Stenosis
 • Etiology
 • Severity and Grading
 • Management

Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty

#Aortic #Valve #Stenosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis ... • Severity and Grading ... @DharSaty #Aortic ... #Valve #Stenosis ... management #cardiology #aorta
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 ... stenosis (AS) as ... follows: aortic ... #Stenosis #AorticStenosis
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
Aortic Stenosis ... Grading on echocardiography ... The cut-offs for grading ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Aortic ... #Stenosis #AorticStenosis
Ascites - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Paracentesis studies: cell count + differential, albumin, protein, culture
 • Serum-ascites-albumin-gradient
Management Summary Paracentesis ... Serum-ascites-albumin-gradient ... (SAAG): > 1.1 g ... Summary #Hepatology #SAAG ... #paracentesis
Severe Mitral Stenosis- The physical examination revealed a right parasternal heave, a loud S1, a midpeaking
Severe Mitral Stenosis ... revealed moderate aortic ... stenosis (calculated ... severe mitral stenosis ... mean transmitral gradient
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
afterload from aortic ... stenosis leads ... Intra-Cavitary Gradients
Aortic Stenosis Severity Classification

Mild AS:
 • Valve Area > 1.5 cm2
 • Mean Gradient < 20
Aortic Stenosis ... 1.5 cm2 • Mean Gradient ... 1.5 cm2 • Mean Gradient ... Velocity > 4 m/s #Aortic ... #Stenosis #Severity
Pressure Recovery (PR). 
When the ventricle contracts, blood flow converges beyond the aortic valve (AV) at
converges beyond the aortic ... of net pressure gradient ... echocardiography mean gradient ... In aortic stenosis ... stenosis and in
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
with a history of aortic ... stenosis which ... echocardiogram (aortic ... 1.0 cm2 and mean gradient