Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics
| AVA, aortic valve area; LV, left ventricular; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction. | |
| Data are presented as number of patients (%) or mean (SD). | |
| Age (years) | 68 (11) |
| Male | 25 (63%) |
| Symptoms | |
| Dyspnoea | 22 (55%) |
| Angina | 17 (43%) |
| Syncope and presyncope | 2 (5%) |
| LVEF (%) | 61 (10) |
| LV end-diastolic diameter (mm) | 52 (8) |
| LV end-systolic diameter (mm) | 34 (9) |
| Systolic pulmonary artery pressure, mm Hg | 38 (8) |
| Gradient, mm Hg | 51 (23) |
| AVA (cm2) | 0.81 (0.20) |