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Ventricular arrhythmias in adult aortic stenosis: prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical relevance.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9498969     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
With the longer life expectancy of the population, calcific aortic stenosis has become a common cardiac problem in the elderly. When patients with moderate to severe aortic stenosis become symptomatic, the prognosis is usually poor in absence of valve replacement and sudden death is a feared complication. It has been hypothesized that malignant ventricular arrhythmias could be responsible for the high incidence of sudden death in symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis. The purpose of this review is to analyze the prevalence, the electrophysiologic mechanisms, and the possible role of ventricular arrhythmias in the development of symptoms and in the outcome of adult subjects with aortic stenosis.
Authors:
A Sorgato; P Faggiano; G P Aurigemma; C Rusconi; W H Gaasch
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chest     Volume:  113     ISSN:  0012-3692     ISO Abbreviation:  Chest     Publication Date:  1998 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-03-10     Completed Date:  1998-03-10     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0231335     Medline TA:  Chest     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  482-91     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Orsola-Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology*,  physiopathology
Calcinosis / complications*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Electrocardiography
Forecasting
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
Incidence
Life Expectancy
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Prevalence
Prognosis
Syncope / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction / etiology*,  physiopathology

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