Pressure Recovery in Aortic Valve Stenosis
作者:
Warren Laskey,
William Kussmaul,
期刊:
Circulation
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 89,
issue 1
页码: 116-121
ISSN:0009-7322
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: aorta;valves;stenosis
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
BackgroundPressure recovery is the variable increase in lateral pressure downstream from a stenotic orifice. The magnitude and clinical significance of pressure recovery in aortic valve stenosis are poorly defined.Methods and ResultsWe obtained high-fidelity pressure and velocity recordings in 11 patients with isolated significant aortic valve stenosis at the time of diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Systematic catheter pullback from the left ventricular cavity revealed a consistent although variable subvalvular gradient. Further pullback across and distal to the region of the stenosed aortic valve revealed a consistent and progressive increase in the ascending aortic pressure. This increase in lateral pressure occurred pari passu with a diminution in amplitude of the velocity pulse. The extent of pressure recovery was directly related to systemic blood flow and transvalvular flow but inversely related to the Gorlin-derived aortic valve area.ConclusionsThese findings have potentially important implications for the hemodynamic evaluation of mild to moderately severe aortic valve stenosis. The extent of pressure recovery may be of additional utility in the assessment of aortic valve stenosis under varying physiological states.
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