Assessment of aortic stenosis from the right parasternal view: when the answer is just on the opposite side

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Jan;14(1):78-80. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283529043.

Abstract

We present the case of a man with severe aortic stenosis in whom diagnosis was established by evaluating the transvalvular gradient from the right parasternal view, since classical measurements from the apical five-chamber view were discordant with the indexed aortic valve area obtained in the short-axis view.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / pathology
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male