title: Options for managing severe aortic stenosis: a case-based review.
abstract: The treatment of calcific aortic stenosis is well established and includes careful monitoring of patients who have no symptoms and surgical aortic valve replacement in the patients who do have symptoms. Patients who cannot undergo open heart surgery can now undergo valve replacement via a minimally invasive transcatheter approach. In this article, we use clinical vignettes to illustrate the management of patients with severe aortic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of CardiovascularMedicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Bridget L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Venu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside