Postoperative Left Ventricular Mass Regression After Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2879094	The Annals of Thoracic Surgery	2010	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The results of the present study indicate that postoperative left ventricular hypertrophy can be avoided by preventing postoperative hypertension in patients without left ventricular dilatation and an effective orifice area index is greater than 0.77 cm2/m2.

Keywords

ppm CpG PWT VDh IVST NYHA VDS LVDd LVM LVDs EOAi PPG EOA BSA AVR New York Heart Association Left ventricular Aortic valve replacement Aortic stenosis Left ventricular mass body surface area effective orifice area index posterior wall thickness effective orifice area

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Postoperative Left Ventricular Mass Regression After Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis

Authors

Hiroshi MD, Tomohiro MD, Hideki MD, Koichi MD, Keiichiro MD, Shuji MD, Shigeaki MD,