Management of Aortic Valve Disease
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 17 (9) , 133-138
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1982.11702373
Abstract
The patient with severe aortic valve disease and significant symptoms is a clear-cut candidate for valve replacement surgery. Management of asymptomatic patients with aortic valve disease is less clear-cut. Because asymptomatic patients for the most part have a benign prognosis, careful individual evaluation for risk of progressive disease must be weighed against the risks of surgery.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Importance of preoperative hypertrophy, wall stress and end-systolic dimension as echocardiographic predictors of normalization of left ventricular dilatation after valve replacement in chronic aortic insufficiencyThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1982
- Observations on the optimum time for operative intervention for aortic regurgitation. II. Serial echocardiographic evaluation of asymptomatic patients.Circulation, 1980
- Observations on the optimum time for operative intervention for aortic regurgitation. I. Evaluation of the results of aortic valve replacement in symptomatic patients.Circulation, 1980
- Left ventricular radius to wall thickness ratioThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1979
- Chronic aortic regurgitation: the effect of aortic valve replacement on left ventricular volume, mass and function.Circulation, 1978
- The natural history of aortic regurgitation: A clinical and hemodynamic studyThe American Journal of Medicine, 1973