Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 315 - 318
• Main Authors: Higashi, Akihiro, Iguro, Yoshifumi, Ueno, Tetsuya, Terai, Hiromu, Yamamoto, Hiroyuki, Ueno, Masahiro, Ueno, Takayuki, Sakata, Ryuzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 2006

There is disagreement regarding the indications of surgery for cases of severe aortic stenosis (AS) with a decrease in left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) and a low aortic pressure gradient (PG), since there is a high perioperative risk associated with this condition. Hence, we investigated the...