This reduced aortic valve orifice size should be distinguished from critical aortic stenosis ... further evaluation by dobutamine stress testing could be helpful.

This is called “low-flow, low-gradient” aortic stenosis. Dobutamine stress echocardiography can help determine if truly severe aortic stenosis is present (with a falsly low gradient ...

For patients unable to exercise adequately, dobutamine stress echocardiography ... overall sensitivity for >70% stenosis at the time of cardiac catheterization was 95%, with a specificity of ...

Thanks to a new, simple test called dobutamine stress echocardiography that can help predict life-threatening heart problems in women. Did you know that heart disease is ranked as the first most ...

Note: Left ventricular (LV) wall stress is directly ... The diagnosis of aortic stenosis is often made initially on physical examination and confirmed by echocardiography. The ECG findings of ...