CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF AORTIC STENOSIS

Early diagnosis of aortic stenosis may begin with the identification of left ventricular hypertrophy by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography. For aortic stenosis characterized by concentric left ventricular remodeling, when the index for normal left ventricular mass index increased relative wall thickness. We analyzed 48 cases of aortic stenosis. Patients were divided into two matched groups: the first group - patients with critical aortic stenosis, the second - with easy aortic stenosis. Patients of the first group prevailed concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in patients of the second group of normal left ventricular geometry. And in one and in the other group almost half of the patients had concentric remodeling of the left ventricle. A moderate positive correlation maximum gradient on the aorta and the thickness of the interventricular septum and the left part of it.