A S4 heart sound is also often present due to the severe concentric left ventricular hypertrophy that develops in aortic stenosis. If a S3 heart sound is present, significant systolic dysfunction ...
[99] The 16 patients with LVH had elevated NT-proBNP (81.0 vs 66.8 pg/ml; p < 0.001) and there was no difference between patients with concentric remodeling and control patients. On ROC curve ...
Two-dimensional echocardiography can demonstrate a thickened aortic valve, reduced leaflet mobility and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy. Doppler is used to quantify the severity of aortic ...