title: Usefulness of the echocardiographic velocity ratio for detection of significant aortic stenosis.
abstract: In this study, which included 56 patients with aortic stenosis, the predictive value of the fractional shortening velocity ratio was evaluated. This Doppler index allowed detection of significant aortic stenosis (0.53 cm2/m2), with a positive predictive value of 93% and a negative predictive value of 92% for a cutoff value of 0.8.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karpuz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozsahin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aebischer
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Goy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kappenberger
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jeanrenaud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology