July 4, 2013Current Opinion in Cardiology
The role of stress testing in evaluation of asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis
Why the study?
Does exercise stress echocardiography improve risk stratification in asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis?
Population
Asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May aid risk stratification in asymptomatic aortic stenosis; leaves open whether it should guide intervention decisions.
Structured PICO
Does exercise stress echocardiography improve risk stratification in asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis?
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Population
Asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis
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Intervention
Exercise stress testing and exercise stress echocardiography
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Outcome
Risk stratification and identification of patients at higher risk of cardiac events
Exercise echocardiography helps unmask advanced disease in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, aiding in the identification of patients who may benefit from early elective aortic valve surgery.
Cite This Study
Lancellotti et al. (2013) studied this question.