title: The assessment of aortic stenosis: echocardiography and beyond.
abstract: Aortic stenosis is the most common primary valve problem. This article describes its assessment and clinical interpretation using echocardiography and also shows how magnetic resonance, cardiac computed tomography and stress testing may be useful.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Clinical Cardiology in the Cardiothoracic Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London SE1 7EH.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005080:Exercise Test; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain