Stress echocardiography in valvular heart disease.

This article examines the role of stress echocardiography for assessment of patients with low flow, low gradient aortic stenosis, asymptomatic severe valve disease and patients where symptoms are discordant to the resting severity of valve disease. Expert commentary: Stress echocardiography helps clinicians determine the true severity of valve disease and may identify the cause of symptoms in patients with only mild/moderate disease. The data provided by stress echocardiography will help determine the appropriate management strategy and the correct timing of intervention. PMID: 30286667 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy - Category: Cardiology Tags: Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther Source Type: research