Enhancing ventricular contractility by post-extra-systolic potentiation is useful for predicting projected aortic valve area in low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis: a case report

J Echocardiogr. 2020 Jun;18(2):132-133. doi: 10.1007/s12574-019-00422-3. Epub 2019 Feb 20.

Authors

Hitoshi Nagai¹, Toru Ueda², Takamasa Oda², Fumiaki Nakao², Takeshi Ueyama², Nobuaki Tanaka³, Yasuhiro Ikeda²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Central Clinical Laboratory, Yamaguchi Prefectural Grand Medical Center, 10077 Osaki, Hofu, 747-8511, Yamaguchi, Japan. he15824@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Yamaguchi Prefectural Grand Medical Center, Hofu, Japan.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.

PMID: 30788726
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-019-00422-3

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / physiopathology*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology*
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Electrocardiography
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Systole
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*