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Clinical implication of energy loss coefficient in patients with severe aortic stenosis diagnosed by Doppler
Teruyoshi Kume1, Hiroyuki Okura, Takahiro Kawamoto
1Department of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.
Background:
The Doppler-derived energy loss coefficient (ELCo), which can take into account the pressure recovery phenomenon and reconcile discrepancies between the aortic valve effective orifice area (EOA) obtained by the Gorlin formula using a catheter (EOAcath) and the EOA obtained by the Doppler continuity equation (EOADop), is proposed as an equivalent index to represent EOAcath. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical impact of ELCo in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).
Methods And Results:
Thirty-three patients with severe AS were assessed by Doppler examination [EOA obtained by the continuity equation (EOADop)
Conclusions:
In 21% of patients with "severe" AS diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography, the ELCo value indicated moderate rather than severe AS. These patients had significantly lower incidence of symptoms compared with patients who had ELCo
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