Prevalence and Prognostic Implications of Increased Apical-to-Basal Strain Ratio in Patients with Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

The aim of this study was to investigate the preoperative prevalence, relation to symptoms, and prognostic implications of elevated left ventricular (LV) apical-to-basal strain ratio (ABr) in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - September 8, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anders Lehmann Dahl Pedersen, Jonas Agerlund Povlsen, Anne Dybro, Tor Skibsted Clemmensen, Anders Hostrup Larsen, Bertil Ladefoged, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen Source Type: research