Population
6 patients with critical aortic stenosis (aortic valve area 0.6 cm2 or less) awaiting cardiac surgery
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
2 to 21 days
Authors
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May signal increased sudden death risk days after catheterization in critical aortic stenosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Patients with critical aortic stenosis are at high risk for sudden death shortly after cardiac catheterization, highlighting the need for close monitoring and prompt surgical intervention.
Iskandrian et al. (1978) studied this question.
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