Changes in arterial pressure during left heart pullback in patients with aortic stenosis: A sign of severe aortic stenosis
Increases in peripheral arterial pressure of 5 mm Hg or more were noted during retrograde withdrawal of a catheter from the left ventricle to the central aorta in 15 of 42 patients with aortic stenosis undergoing cardiac catheterization. These increases were noted in 15 of 20 patients (75 percent) with an aortic valve area of 0.6 cm2 or less but in none of the 22 patients with an aortic valve…
