Response to Letter Regarding Article, 'Projected Valve Area at Normal Flow Rate Improves the Assessment of Stenosis Severity in Patients With Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis: The Multicenter TOPAS (Truly or Pseudo-Severe Aortic Stenosis) Study'

Autor:	Helmut Baumgartner, Jean G. Dumesnil, Florian Rader, Ian G. Burwash, Gerald Mundigler, Claudia Blais, Damien Garcia, Boris Chayer, Nicole Loho, Philippe Pibarot, Rob S. Beanlands, Louis Gilles Durand, Lyes Kadem
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Dobutamine stress echocardiography Context (language use) medicine.disease Normal flow Stenosis Physiology (medical) Internal medicine Cardiology medicine In patient Radiology Low gradient Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business
Zdroj:	Circulation. 114
ISSN:	1524-4539 0009-7322
DOI:	10.1161/circulationaha.106.636498
Popis:	We thank Dr Schinkel and colleagues for their comments, with which we are basically in agreement. Indeed, dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis (AS) is a serious diagnostic procedure with potential complications. Thus, it should be limited to patients in whom it is likely to influence clinical management. In this context, it should be remembered that the main …
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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