Characteristics and Outcomes in a Contemporary Group of Patients With Suspected Significant Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Treadmill Stress Echocardiography
Gentry JL, Parikh PK, Alashi A, Gillinov AM, Pettersson GB, Rodriguez LL, Popovic ZB, Sato K, Grimm RA, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Svensson LG, Griffin BP, Desai MY. Characteristics and Outcomes in a Contemporary Group of Patients With Suspected Significant Mitral Stenosis Undergoing Treadmill Stress Echocardiography. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, 12: e009062. PMID: 31203672, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.119.009062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricular systolic pressureTreadmill stress echocardiographyVentricular systolic pressureStress echocardiographySystolic pressureMetabolic equivalentsMV gradientMitral proceduresHigh mortalityThoracic Surgeons scoreLong-term survivalAsymptomatic patientsCause mortalityPrimary outcomeSurgeons scoreConsecutive patientsImproved survivalContemporary patientsMV proceduresPatientsEchocardiographySignificant MSSurvival analysisModerate MSMortality