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Association of Myocardial Deformation With Outcome in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis With Normal Ejection Fraction
Author(s) -
Teerapat Yingchoncharoen,
Conrad Gibby,
L. Leonardo Rodriguez,
Richard A. Grimm,
Thomas H. Marwick
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.112.977348
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , stenosis , hazard ratio , ejection fraction , aortic valve replacement , aortic valve stenosis , proportional hazards model , heart failure , confidence interval
Current guidelines recommend intervention for symptomatic aortic stenosis, but the management of asymptomatic aortic stenosis remains controversial. As left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) has been shown to predict cardiovascular outcome, we sought to find whether its use could guide the assessment of risk in these patients.

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