Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in "the world of AVATAR"

Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in "the world of AVATAR"

The AVATAR trial will have success, which was carefully designed to enroll truly asymptomatic patients with severe AS; however, in our opinion Banovic and et al1 should add in the diagnostic procedures the CPX. [...]with the inclusion of these diagnostic procedures the authors will change the paradi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American heart journal 2016-08, Vol.178, p.e1-e1
Hauptverfasser: Dominguez-Rodriguez, Alberto, MD, PhD, FESC, Abreu-Gonzalez, Pedro, PhD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aortic Valve Stenosis
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary vessels
Diagnostic tests
Exercise
Exercise Test
Humans
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Zusammenfassung:The AVATAR trial will have success, which was carefully designed to enroll truly asymptomatic patients with severe AS; however, in our opinion Banovic and et al1 should add in the diagnostic procedures the CPX. [...]with the inclusion of these diagnostic procedures the authors will change the paradigm to prove the truly asymptomatic status of the patients with severe AS.7
ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1016/j.ahj.2016.06.012