{"id":481,"date":"2014-07-13T12:13:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T12:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=481"},"modified":"2023-03-22T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:10:08","slug":"echocardiogram-in-aortic-stenosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/echocardiogram-in-aortic-stenosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Echocardiogram in Aortic Stenosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6_Zn1qsfN8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Echocardiogram in Aortic Stenosis<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Echocardiogram is a very useful tool to assess aortic stenosis. It will identify whether the stenosis is valvar, supra valvar or subvalvar. Associated lesions like aortic regurgitation can be documented by Doppler studies. The valve morphology can be better assessed by 3-D echocardiography if available. Severity of the stenosis can be evaluated by Doppler measurement of trans valvar gradient. Alternative method is to calculate the aortic valve area by continuity equation. Indirect evidence of severity can be given by the extent of left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction if any.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25406\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/as.jpg\" alt=\"Aortic Stenosis - Thickened valve\" width=\"479\" height=\"430\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aortic Stenosis &#8211; Thickened valve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thickened and stenosed aortic valve seen in parasternal long axis view on echocardiography. Both the mitral and aortic valves are in near closed position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25408\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/aortic-stenosis-short-axis-valve-open2.jpg\" alt=\"Aortic stenosis after balloon aortic valvotomy\" width=\"547\" height=\"458\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aortic stenosis after balloon aortic valvotomy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Systolic frame from an echocardiogram of aortic valve in parasternal long axis view after balloon aortic valvotomy showing restricted opening of the aortic leaflets. Upper leaflet is grossly thickened. Mitral valve is in closed position. The echocardiogram was obtained after palliative balloon aortic valvotomy prior to aortic valve replacement in a case of severe aortic stenosis with heart failure, at high risk for open heart surgery. The balloon aortic valvotomy procedure was demonstrated in a <a title=\"Balloon aortic valvotomy (BAV)\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/balloon-aortic-valvotomy-bav\/\">previous post<\/a>. The parasternal long axis view of the open position of the aortic valve before balloon aortic valvotomy is given below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25407\" style=\"width: 697px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25407 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/as-valve-open.jpg\" alt=\"Aortic valve in open position. Leaflets are thickened\" width=\"697\" height=\"563\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aortic valve in open position. Aortic stenosis before balloon valvotomy, leaflets are thickened<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echocardiogram in Aortic Stenosis Echocardiogram is a very useful tool to assess aortic stenosis. It will identify whether the stenosis is valvar, supra valvar or subvalvar. Associated lesions like aortic regurgitation can be documented by Doppler studies. The valve morphology can be better assessed by 3-D echocardiography if available. Severity of the stenosis can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8],"tags":[48,256,280,285,1287,1290,1891,1962,2019,2097,2137,2245,2409,2510,2780,3300,3819],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-echocardiogram-library-echocardiogram-library","category-echocardiogram-library","tag-3-d-echocardiography","tag-ao-v","tag-aortic-stenosis","tag-aortic-valve","tag-echocardiogram-in-aortic-stenosis","tag-echocardiogram-of-aortic-valve","tag-interventricular-septum","tag-ivs","tag-la","tag-left-atrium","tag-left-ventricle","tag-lv","tag-mitral-valve","tag-mv","tag-parasternal-long-axis-view","tag-restricted-opening-of-the-aortic-leaflets","tag-systolic-frame"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Echocardiogram in Aortic Stenosis - 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