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SUBMITTER: Kamimura D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6100744 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiac failure 20170508 8
<h4>Background</h4>Clinical risk factors associated with heart failure (HF) symptoms in aortic stenosis (AS) patients with preserved ejection fraction (EF) have not been fully identified. We hypothesized that left ventricular (LV) diastolic stiffness is associated with HF symptoms in patients with AS.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We retrospectively evaluated 275 patients with at least moderate AS (aortic valve area <1.5 cm<sup>2</sup>) and preserved EF (≥50%). LV diastolic stiffness was evaluated ...[more]