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Current Cardiology Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-403X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6557

Management of Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

Author(s): Robert L. Stewart and Kwan L. Chan

Volume 5, Issue 1, 2009

Page: [29 - 35] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/157340309787048103

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Abstract

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) benefit from aortic valve replacement surgery, but the management of patients with asymptomatic severe AS is more controversial. While cholesterol and angiotensin have been linked to AS progression, we should await the results of ongoing randomized trials before medical therapy to lower cholesterol or inhibit angiotensin can be recommended to limit disease progression. Clinical factors, echocardiographic parameters, valve morphology, exercise stress testing results, and cardiac biomarkers may be useful in identifying patients who will have early development of symptoms during follow-up and require closer monitoring. The risks associated with aortic valve replacement outweigh the benefits in the majority of patients with asymptomatic severe AS.

Keywords: Aortic valve stenosis, symptoms, management, surgery, exercise testing, brain natriuretic peptide


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