Detection of sclerodegenerative changes of the aortic cusps in an older asymptomatic individual may be associated with normal blood flow velocity. A mild increase in blood flow velocity (1.5-1.7 m ...

The diagnosis of aortic stenosis is made mostly on physical examination and by echocardiography. The ECG in patients with aortic stenosis frequently shows left ventricular hypertrophy with strain ...

For example, a very thin patient with severe aortic stenosis with a high pressure gradient across the valve (thus high velocity of blood flow) will have a loud murmur. Conversely, the exact same ...

The mean gradient is automatically provided in the software from tracing of the aortic stenosis velocity envelope. The peak velocity is sensitive to the rate of volume flow in early ejection and ...