Overestimation of aortic valve gradient
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Chellammal Sakthi; Henry Yee; Adam Kotlewski
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We describe a series of patients with suspected aortic stenosis who were noted to have a significant aortic valve gradient by Doppler echocardiography but only a minimal gradient during cardiac catheterization. Although the pressure recovery phenomenon partially explained this discrepan