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Simultaneous measurement of left ventricular '''output''' ''(measures the flow through the aortic valve)'' and the '''pressure gradient''' across the aortic valve provides the essential variables that is required to calculate the aortic valve area and resistance.<ref>Hirshfeld JW, Kolansky DM. Valve function: Stenosis and regurgitation. In: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization, 2nd ed, Pepine CJ, Hill JA, Lambert CR (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1994. p.443</ref><ref>Carabello BA, Grossman W. Calculation of stenotic valve orifice area. In: Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography, 3rd ed, Grossman W (Ed), Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia 1986. p.143.</ref> | Simultaneous measurement of left ventricular '''output''' ''(measures the flow through the aortic valve)'' and the '''pressure gradient''' across the aortic valve provides the essential variables that is required to calculate the aortic valve area and resistance.<ref>Hirshfeld JW, Kolansky DM. Valve function: Stenosis and regurgitation. In: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization, 2nd ed, Pepine CJ, Hill JA, Lambert CR (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1994. p.443</ref><ref>Carabello BA, Grossman W. Calculation of stenotic valve orifice area. In: Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography, 3rd ed, Grossman W (Ed), Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia 1986. p.143.</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Normal aortic valve offers little or no resistance to the blood flow across the valve despite the high flow velocities. With progressive aortic stenosis, the aortic valve orifice offers progressively greater resistance to the blood flow through the valve with subsequent reduction in the pressure gradient between the left ventricle and the aorta. Therefore, using both the pressure gradient across the valve and the surface area of the valve the severity of aortic stenosis can be estimated. The latter can be calculated using echocardiographic flow velocities while the trans-valvular pressure gradient can be calculated using the following equation:
Pressure Gradient = 4 x (velocity of blood through the valve)2 mmHg
However, the absence of a large gradient across the aortic valve does not exclude the presence of critical aortic stenosis as evidenced by the presence of low gradient, low ejection and subsequent low flow aortic stenosis that is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Therefore, it is for this reason that the best measure of the severity of aortic stenosis is the aortic valve area and not the aortic valve gradient.
Cardiac Catheterization
Simultaneous measurement of left ventricular output (measures the flow through the aortic valve) and the pressure gradient across the aortic valve provides the essential variables that is required to calculate the aortic valve area and resistance.[1][2]
Aortic Valve Area:
Gorlin Equation
Hakki Equation
Aortic Valve Resistance:
References
- ↑ Hirshfeld JW, Kolansky DM. Valve function: Stenosis and regurgitation. In: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization, 2nd ed, Pepine CJ, Hill JA, Lambert CR (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1994. p.443
- ↑ Carabello BA, Grossman W. Calculation of stenotic valve orifice area. In: Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography, 3rd ed, Grossman W (Ed), Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia 1986. p.143.