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Aortic stenosis

Aortic stenosis (AS or AoS) is the narrowing of the outlet of the main pumping chamber of the heart, the left ventricle (LV) (where the aorta begins). If the narrowing is severe (very tight) the extra work required from the left ventricle to pump the blood against the increased resistance of a small orifice may cause (initially adaptive) thickening of…

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Causes
Bicuspid aortic valve, rheumatic fever
Complications
Heart failure
Diagnostic method
Ultrasound of the heart
Frequency
2% of people over 65 (developed world)
Prognosis
Five-year survival ~50% without treatment in symptomatic patients
Risk factors
Smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, being male

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Aortic stenosis

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Aortic stenosis

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related to External links · 26
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related to Complications · 11
Aortic stenosis → ACE, American Heart Association, Examples, Hytrin, In, Low, Note, Notwithstanding, Since, Specifically, Under
related to Pathophysiology · 11
Aortic stenosis → AS, Degenerative, In, Infiltration, Inflammation, Initially, LDL, LV, Subsequently, The, When
has cause · 8
Aortic stenosis → Acute, Another, Aortic, CAVD, Fabry, Paget, Rare, Those
related to Angina · 8
Aortic stenosis → Angina, AS, Exercise, In, LVH, The, This, While
related to Epidemiology · 8
Aortic stenosis → Age-sex, Approximately, EU, Europe, Median, North America, The, US
related to Syncope · 8
Aortic stenosis → AS, In, It, One, Since, Syncope, This, When
related to Aortic valve replacement · 7
Aortic stenosis → AVR, However, In, MICS, Minimally, The, While Surgical AVR
related to Computer tomography · 7
Aortic stenosis → According, Aortic, AU, CT, CT-AVC, ESC/EACTS Guidelines, The
related to Degenerative Disease · 7
Aortic stenosis → AS, Degenerative, TGF-β, The, Transforming, Valve, VICs

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aortic valve stenosis heart may blood disease left pressure severe due failure calcification ventricle people symptoms also replacement coronary aorta

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Aortic stenosisCausesBicuspid aortic valve, rheumatic fever1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisComplicationsHeart failure1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisDiagnostic methodUltrasound of the heart1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisFrequency2% of people over 65 (developed world)1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisPrognosisFive-year survival ~50% without treatment in symptomatic patients1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisRisk factorsSmoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, being male1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisSpecialtyCardiothoracic surgery1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisSymptomsDecreased ability to exercise, loss of consciousness, shortness of breath, heart related chest pain, leg swelling1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisTreatmentAortic valve replacement, balloon aortic valvuloplasty1.00infobox
Aortic stenosisUsual onsetGradual1.00infobox
Aortic stenosiscausessyncope0.90text
Aortic stenosisis amost common valvular heart disease in the developed world0.90text
Aortic stenosisis acalcification of a congenital bicuspid aortic valve or0.90text

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