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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-six patients with valvular aortic stenosis were followed up for an average period of 9 years after the initial evaluation when the valvular disease had been considered too mild for surgical treatment. The valve area was 0.7-1.9 (mean 1.2) cm2 at the first study and 0.3-2.0 (mean 0.9) cm2 at the second. The mean annual decrease was about 0.1 cm2 in ten and less in the remaining patients. Advanced age and low physical working capacity at the first investigation were associated with rapid progression of the severity of the stenosis, but rapid progression was not predictable. At follow-up the combination of 1) calcifications of the valve on chest X-ray, 2) low physical working capacity and 3) negative/biphasic T wave in V6 after exercise was present in 100% of the severe stenoses (much less than 0.6 cm2) and in 10% of the mild (much greater than 1.0 cm2). The rate of progression of valvular aortic stenosis in adults is usually slow, but moderate stenoses may become severe within a few years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
213
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Rate of progression of severity of valvular aortic stenosis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article