[Prognosis of asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis evaluated with exercise test].
OBJECTIVE
to evaluate the exercise test as a prognostic factor for asymptomatic patients with aortic valve stenosis.


METHODS
During 60 months 70 patients with aortic valve area < or = 1 cm2 without any other heart lesion were studied. The patients underwent Dopplerechocardiograms exercise tests (considered positive in the presence of electrocardiographic changes or symptoms) and clinical follow-up in order to determine the onset of symptoms or sudden death.


RESULTS
The event-free probability was 50% after 16 months of follow-up. There was no relationship between the occurrence of events and the sex or to the transvalvar gradient. However, there was a statistically significant association between the incidence of events (p = 0.0124), valvar area (p = 0.0003) and exercise test results (p = 0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with significant aortic stenosis even without symptoms, have a low survival rate and the exercise test is a good prognostic factor during follow-up.
Instituto do Coração do Hospital ds Clínicas-FMUSP.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis