title: [Pseudo-normalization of diastolic filling in severe aortic stenosis].
abstract: We report the case of a 79-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis and alteration of left ventricular diastolic filling demonstrated by Doppler echocardiography, with inverted early/end diastolic flow profile. A sixteen month prospective follow-up study demonstrated progression of the illness, with further augmentation in transvalvular gradient and increased wall hypertrophy, but with apparent concomitant normalization of transmitral flow velocity profile. We conclude that a "normal" velocity pattern does not exclude an altered diastolic filling pattern, and must be interpreted with caution, in the light of all clinical and technical data.
authors.affiliation: Servizio Autonoma di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Este, Padova.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desideri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scattolin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabellini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Formichi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corbara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Pseudonormalizzazione del riempimento diastolico nella stenosi aortica serrata.