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Aortic Stenosis: Diagnostic Pearls for Beginners and
Experts
Felix J. Rogers, DO, FASEMay 12, 2019
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Aortic Stenosis• Most common valve disease in western world• Number of aortic valve replacements doubled in last decade• Because of aging of the population, the number will double
again in the next 20 years.
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AS: Let’s start with the basics• History• Physical• EKG• Chest X ray
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AS: Let’s start with the basics• History
• CHF• Angina• Syncope
• Physical• EKG• Chest X ray
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AS: Let’s start with the basics• History• Physical
• Murmur: Harsh, rasping, crescendo-decrescendo, late peaking. Muffled S2
• Carotid shudder, delayed upstroke• EKG• Chest X ray
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Now play the youtube.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbk2465HO98
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AS: Let’s start with the basics• History• Physical• EKG
• LVH• Chest X ray
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Left ventricular hypertrophy
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AS: Let’s start with the basics• History• Physical• EKG• Chest X ray
• Calcification of valve on lateral CXR• Finding of elastocalcinosis (Monckeberg’s medial sclerosis)
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Patient 4
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Patient 4
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Making the diagnosis by echocardiography• Valve appearance
• Leaflets – BAV? Trileaflet?• Calcification• Leaflet range of motion• Valve area by planimetry
• Doppler
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Bernoulli equationGradient = 4 x vel2
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Calculation of AVA
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Calculation of AVA
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Severe aortic stenosisACC/AHA 2006 guideline
• Peak aortic velocity > 4 m/s (Peak gradient > 64 mm Hg)• Mean gradient > 40 mm Hg• Aortic valve area < 1.0 cm2
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Standard Indication for Surgery• Typical symptoms of aortic stenosis
• Chest pain• Shortness of breath with exertion• Syncope (usually with exertion)
• Echocardiographic evidence of severe aortic stenosis• Peak aortic velocity > 4 m/s (> 64 mm Hg)• Mean gradient > 40 mm Hg• Aortic valve area < 1.0 cm2
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When to order an echo for AS• Sounds like mild AS every three years
• Moderate AS (Peak gradient > 35) annually
• Severe, but asymptomatic ASevery 6 months
• Measure a BNP with each echo when asymptomatic, severe AS, or when in doubt with at least moderate disease
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The biggest problem with ASNow that we have the ability to replace the aortic valve by trans-catheter techniques, we have a new problem with the elderly patient:
Should we????
Consider: cognitive decline/dementiafrailtypsychosocial support
The best decisions are made with collaboration between the primary care physician, the cardiologist and the interventional (structural heart disease) specialist
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Example of aortic stenosis
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Severe aortic stenosisACC/AHA 2006 guideline
• Peak aortic velocity > 4 m/s (> 64 mm Hg)• Mean gradient > 40 mm Hg• Aortic valve area < 1.0 cm2
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Severe aortic stenosisWhat about the AS patient with CHF?
Severe AS, but the LV is too sick to generate a high gradient across the valve.
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Patient ED, a 92 year old woman
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ED, a 92 y/o. LVEF = 41%
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ED, Doppler of aortic valve
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ED, a 92 y/o woman• Peak aortic gradient 40 mm Hg• Mean gradient 24 mm Hg
• Calculated aortic valve area 0.64 cm2
• Dimensionless index 0.20
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ED, a 92 y/o woman• Peak aortic gradient 40 mm Hg ( > 64 mm Hg)• Mean gradient 24 mm Hg ( > 40 mm Hg)
• Calculated aortic valve area 0.64 cm2 ( < 1.0 cm2)
• Dimensionless index 0.20 (severe < 0.25)
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Severe aortic stenosisWhat about the AS patient with CHF?
Severe AS, but the LV is too sick to generate a high gradient across the valve.
Do dobutamine stress echo if in doubt
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Severe aortic stenosisSevere low gradient AS with decreased EF
(Calculated valve area < 1.0 cm, but low gradient)
• Dobutamine stress test• Severe AS: with increase in contractility, the gradient across the
valve increases, no change in AVA
• Pseudosevere AS: with increase in contractility, the aortic valve opens more, the est. AVA increases and the gradient doesn’t change much
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New consideration“Paradoxical” low gradient, severe aortic stenosis with normal LV
ejection fraction.
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Comparison of low flow, normal and depressed LVEF
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New thinking• In order to improve our assessment of aortic stenosis, we
need to think in terms of AS as a systemic disease, with complex interactions between valvular, arterial and ventricular elements
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg
120 mmHg
80 mm Hg
240 mm Hg
160 mm Hg
120 mm Hg
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg
120 mmHg
80 mm Hg
240 mm Hg
160 mm Hg
120 mm Hg
Peak to peak gradient80 mm Hg.
Peak to peak gradient80 mm Hg
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg
120 mmHg
80 mm Hg
240 mm Hg
160 mm Hg
120 mm Hg
Peak to peak gradient80 mm Hg.
Peak to peak gradient80 mm Hg
Which ventricle is working harder???
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg 200 mm Hg
120 mm Hg 120 mm Hg
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg 200 mm Hg
120 mm Hg 120 mm Hg
Stroke volume index 40 ml/M2 Stroke volume index 30 ml/M2
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Let’s consider 2 patients each with a gradient of 80 mmHg.
200 mm Hg 200 mm Hg
120 mm Hg 120 mm Hg
Stroke volume index 40 ml/M2 Stroke volume index 30 ml/M2
WHICH VENTRICLE IS SICKER???
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Leveling the playing fieldTo assess how hard the ventricle is working:
Add the mean gradient to the systolic BP
To determine how healthy the ventricle is:Calculate the stroke volume index from the measured 2 plane LVEF and LV volume, or the LVOT TVI.
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Leveling the playing fieldAdd the mean gradient to the systolic BP
Calculate the stroke volume index from the measured 2 plane LVEF and LV volume or LVOT TVI.
Divide the sum of BP + mean gradient by the stroke volume index
Z = BP + grad/ SVI. Normal < 3.5
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Aortic impedance and prognosis
• Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, 544 Asymptomatic patients with mod AS, jet velocity > 2.5 m/s
• Four year survival• Z > 4.5 65 +/- 5%• Z 3.5 – 4.5 78 +/- 4%• Z < 3.5 88 +/- 3%
Hachicha et al., JACC 2009; 54: 1003-11
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Case, TB, an 84 year old woman who needs surgery
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Case, TB, an 84 year old woman who needs surgery
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TB
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TB, an 84 year old woman who needs surgery
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TB, an 84 year old. Summary• LV EF 74% Aortic valve area 0.6 cm2
• Peak gradient 47 mm Hg• Mean gradient 27 mm Hg
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TB, an 84 year old. Summary• LV EF 74% Aortic valve area 0.63 cm2
• Peak gradient 47 mm Hg• Mean gradient 27 mm Hg
• Stroke volume 77 ml-2050 ml
• Systolic blood pressure BP 126/58
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• LV EF 74% Aortic valve area 0.63 cm2
• Peak gradient 47 mm Hg• Mean gradient 27 mm Hg
• Stroke volume 77 ml BSA 1.63 M2
-2050 SVI = 50/1.63 = 31
Systolic blood pressure BP 126/58
TB, an 84 year old. Summary
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• LV EF 74% Aortic valve area 0.6 cm2
• Peak gradient 47 mm Hg• Mean gradient 27 mm Hg
• Stroke volume 77 ml BSA 1.63 M2
-2050 ml SVI = 50/1.63 = 31
Systolic blood pressure BP 126/58
Z Score 126 + 27 (how hard the LV is working)31 (how well the LV holds up)
= 4.9
TB, an 84 year old. Summary
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Aortic impedance and prognosis
• Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, 544 Asymptomatic patients with mod AS, jet velocity > 2.5 m/s
• Four year survival• Z > 4.5 65 +/- 5%• Z 3.5 – 4.5 78 +/- 4%• Z < 3.5 88 +/- 3%
Hachicha et al., JACC 2009; 54: 1003-11
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Aortic impedance and prognosis
Hachicha et al., JACC 2009; 54: 1003-11
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Aortic impedance and prognosis
Hachicha et al., JACC 2009; 54: 1003-11
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Aortic impedance: implications
• There may be a paradoxical patient with low gradient severe AS with normal EF.
• These patients are more likely to be elderly women with advanced disease.
• Unlike the valve area itself, the Z score can be modified to some degree – control blood pressure, improve stroke volume.
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Aortic impedance: implications
• The ease with which the Z score is implemented in a busy lab depends on how echoes are done prior to that point: routine recording of BP, routine measurement of 2 plane LVEF, calculation of SVI from LVOT TVI.
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Additional challenges• Assess LV geometry, intrinsic LV function• Identify myocardial damage
• MRI for fibrosis• BNP
• Exercise the patient to unmask symptoms
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Let’s look more at the “paradoxical” problem• How can you have a normal left ventricular ejection fraction
and have LV systolic dysfunction?
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Superiority of Longitudinal Shortening Over LVEF
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Measurement of Longitudinal Shortening• Longitudinal strain imaging• Mitral ring displacement
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Assessment of myocardial fibrosis
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New ClassificationSevere Aortic Stenosis
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New Classification of Severe Aortic Stenosis, Normal EF• Normal flow/ High gradient• Normal flow/ Low gradient
• Low flow/ High gradient• Low flow/ Low gradient
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New Classification of Severe Aortic Stenosis, Normal EF• NF/LG 31%. Best prognosis. Preserved
longitudinal myocardial function. Lower BNP. 3 year event free 66 + 9%. Lower LA area index
• NF/HG 52%. Mean grad > 40.3 year event free rate 33 + 7%. High BNP.
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New Classification of Severe Aortic Stenosis, Normal EF• LF/HG 15% SVI < 35 ml/m2 in spite of
normal EF. Decreased longitudinal deformation. Highest BNP.
• LF/LG 7% mean grad < 40, SVI < 35 ml/m2 , preserved EF, AVA < 1.0 cm2. Pronounced LV concentric remodeling, small LV cavity, intrinsic myocardial dysfunction. Dismal prognosis.
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New Classification of Severe Aortic Stenosis, Normal EFLancellotti, et al. JACC, 2012; 59: 235-43
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New thinking about AS• Move beyond peak gradient and aortic valve area as key
markers to define the severity of aortic stenosis
• Incorporate measures of vascular load (valve impedence)
• Assess LV geometry, LV function and myocardial damage (including BNP)
• Do stress test if in doubt about symptoms