Aortic stenosis: two steps forward, one step back

Editorial

Blase A Carabello. Circulation. 2007.

. 2007 Jun 5;115(22):2799-800.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.705848.

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Comment on

B-type natriuretic peptide in low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis: relationship to hemodynamics and clinical outcome: results from the Multicenter Truly or Pseudo-Severe Aortic Stenosis (TOPAS) study.
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Paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient severe aortic stenosis despite preserved ejection fraction is associated with higher afterload and reduced survival.
Hachicha Z, Dumesnil JG, Bogaty P, Pibarot P. Hachicha Z, et al. Circulation. 2007 Jun 5;115(22):2856-64. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.668681. Epub 2007 May 28. Circulation. 2007. PMID: 17533183