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In medicine, aortic stenosis is an abnormality of the aortic valve in the heart.[1]
Treatment
Joint clinical practice guidelines by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association address treatment. [2]
Surgery
Prognosis
Risks factors have been studied.[3]
References
- ↑ Carabello BA. Clinical practice. Aortic stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 28;346(9):677-82. Review. No abstract available. PMID 11870246
- ↑ Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Kanu C, de Leon AC Jr, Faxon DP, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, O'Gara PT, O'Rourke RA, Otto CM, Shah PM, Shanewise JS, Smith SC Jr, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Antman EM, Faxon DP, Fuster V, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Lytle BW, Nishimura R, Page RL, Riegel B.ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): developed in collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists: endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.Circulation. 2006 Aug 1;114(5):e84-231. PMID 16880336 (see page 462 for indications for replacement)
- ↑ Rosenhek R, Binder T, Porenta G, Lang I, Christ G, Schemper M, Maurer G, Baumgartner H.Predictors of outcome in severe, asymptomatic aortic stenosis.N Engl J Med. 2000 Aug 31;343(9):611-7. PMID 10965007