Key result
A 1 cm/m reduction in baseline energy loss index predicted a 2-fold increase in the risk of aortic valve events and the composite of mortality and heart failure hospitalization.
Why the study?
Does the Energy Loss Index (ELI) improve risk stratification and assessment of stenosis severity compared to conventional measures in patients with aortic stenosis?
Population
Patients with aortic stenosis (substudy of the SEAS trial)
Comparison
Energy Loss Index (ELI) measurement vs Conventional measures of AS severity
Design
Editorial
Authors
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“The investigators' conclusion that evaluation of energy/pressure recovery is important for proper assessment of severity of aortic stenosis needs to be emphasized.”
The Energy Loss Index (ELI) provides independent and incremental prognostic information over conventional echocardiographic measures in patients with aortic stenosis.
Does the Energy Loss Index (ELI) improve risk stratification and assessment of stenosis severity compared to conventional measures in patients with aortic stenosis?
Effect estimate: 2-fold increase
The Energy Loss Index (ELI) provides independent and incremental prognostic information over conventional echocardiographic measures in patients with aortic stenosis.
Pîbarot et al. (2013) conducted an editorial in Aortic stenosis. Energy loss index (ELI) was evaluated on Aortic valve events and the composite of mortality and heart failure hospitalization (2-fold increase). A 1 cm/m reduction in baseline energy loss index predicted a 2-fold increase in the risk of aortic valve events and the composite of mortality and heart failure hospitalization.
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