March 1, 1997Cardiology in Review
Utility of Stress Testing in Valvular Aortic Stenosis
Why the study?
Does stress testing provide useful clinical information in patients with valvular aortic stenosis?
Population
Patients with valvular aortic stenosis
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support adjunctive stress testing in selected asymptomatic aortic stenosis; leaves open prospective validation in contemporary cohorts.
Structured PICO
Does stress testing provide useful clinical information in patients with valvular aortic stenosis?
P
Population
Patients with valvular aortic stenosis
I
Intervention
Stress testing
Stress testing is a useful adjunct in evaluating asymptomatic or equivocally symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis, provided severe symptomatic obstruction is ruled out first.
Cite This Study
Munt et al. (1997) studied this question.