title: Echocardiography in the perioperative decision making of patients with aortic stenosis.
abstract: The perioperative management of patients with aortic stenosis is influenced by preoperative echocardiographic findings. This paper explains how to read and interpret key echocardiografic findings and suggests how to optimize monitoring and pharmacological treatment of patients with aortic stenosis undergoing cardiac or non-cardiac surgery.
authors: Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele di Milano, Italia.
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authors: M
authors: Oppizzi
keywords: anesthesia; aortic stenosis; cardiac anesthesia; echocardiography; surgery