Aortic valve stenosis with left ventricular outflow tract pressure gradient.
A 61-year-old man was diagnosed with severe aortic valve stenosis with left ventricular outflow tract pressure gradient due to systolic anterior movement of the mitral valve and a large poststenotic dilation of the ascending aorta. He underwent successful aortic root replacement and concomitant septal myectomy.
Third Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University, Japan.
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Sasaki
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Okada
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Nakajima
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Komoda
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Kawazoe
D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*