ReviewClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2020
Expert consensus document on the assessment of the severity of aortic valve stenosis by echocardiography to provide diagnostic conclusiveness by standardized verifiable documentation.
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- Plausible Functional Diagnostics by Rational Echocardiography in the Assessment of Valvular Heart Disease - Role of Quantitative Echocardiography in the Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Correlation Between Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-28 Levels and Severity of Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Trial
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- Assessment of Potential Predictors of Aortic Stenosis Severity Using ECG-Gated Multidetector CT in Patients with Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Valves Prior to TAVI.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- How can common errors in left heart echocardiography be avoided? An expert proposalby the German Working Group of Cardiovascular Ultrasound.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025Review
- Prevalence of low-flow state by automated machine-learning 3D echocardiography in patients with moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis and normal ejection-fraction.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- Relevance of Pressure Recovery in a Young Patient With Aortic Stenosis and Small-Caliber Aorta.JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Cardiac structural and functional damage induced and/or increasingly aggravated by aortic valve stenosis.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2025Article
- Echocardiographic assessment of atrial, ventricular, and valvular function in patients with atrial fibrillation-an expert proposal by the german working group of cardiovascular ultrasound.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025Review
- An Artificial Intelligence Analysis of Electrocardiograms for the Clinical Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Lp(a) in the Pathogenesis of Aortic Stenosis and Approach to Therapy with Antisense Oligonucleotides or Short Interfering RNA.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Impact of Aortic Valve Regurgitation on Doppler Echocardiographic Parameters in Patients with Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Calculation of Aortic VAlve and LVOT Areas by a Modified Continuity Equation Using Different Echocardiography Methods: The CAVALIER Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Echocardiographic assessment of mitral regurgitation: discussion of practical and methodologic aspects of severity quantification to improve diagnostic conclusiveness.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2021Review
- Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Valve Stenosis: The Role of Non-Invasive Imaging.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Kidney injury as post-interventional complication of TAVI.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2021Review
- Disproportionate mitral regurgitation: another myth? A critical appraisal of echocardiographic assessment of functional mitral regurgitation.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2021Review
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Abstract
According to recent recommendations on echocardiographic assessment of aortic valve stenosis direct measurement of transvalvular peak jet velocity, calculation of transvalvular mean gradient from the velocities using the Bernoulli equation and calculation of the effective aortic valve area by continuity equation are the appropriate primary key instruments for grading severity of aortic valve stenosis. It is obvious that no gold standard can be declared for grading the severity of aortic stenosis. Thus, conclusions of the exclusive evaluation of aortic stenosis by Doppler echocardiography seem to be questionable due to the susceptibility to errors caused by methodological limitations, mathematical simplifications and inappropriate documentation. The present paper will address practical issues of echocardiographic documentation to satisfy the needs to analyze different scenarios of aortic stenosis due to various flow conditions and pressure gradients. Transesophageal and multidimensional echocardiography should be implemented for reliable measurement of geometric aortic valve area and of cardiac dimensions at an early stage of the diagnostic procedure to avoid misinterpretation due to inconsistent results.
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