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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the influence of concomitant significant aortic incompetence (AI) on Doppler-gradient measurements in valvular aortic stenosis (AS) by comparing catheter and Doppler gradients of 51 patients with isolated AS and of 24 patients with additional AI. In patients with additional AI there was a significantly greater overestimation of the peak-to-peak gradient by the maximal instantaneous Doppler gradient (AS + AI: overestimation 31.0 +/- 17.6 mm Hg, AS: overestimation 10.5 +/- 20.2 mm Hg; p less than 0.01) and also by the maximal instantaneous catheter gradient (AS + AI: overestimation 32.8 +/- 11.8 mm Hg, AS: overestimation 20.4 +/- 14.0 mm Hg; p less than 0.01). Comparison of the respective catheter-derived and Doppler-sonographically measured instantaneous and mean gradients showed no differences between the two patient subgroups. Higher instantaneous gradients in patients with additional AI are mainly explained by the lower end-diastolic aortic pressure. However, Doppler-sonographic overestimation of the severity of stenosis in patients with combined AS + AI, due to the sole measurement of the instantaneous gradient in clinical practice, should be of limited importance because in these patients significant AI already sufficiently indicates aortic valve replacement.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0300-5860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
774-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[The effect of concomitant aortic valve insufficiency on the values of Doppler sonographic gradient determination in patients with aortic stenosis].
pubmed:affiliation
I. Medizinische Universitätsklinik Wien.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract