Echo Research and Practice (May 2021)

Echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography

  • Liam Ring,
  • Benoy N Shah,
  • Sanjeev Bhattacharyya,
  • Allan Harkness,
  • Mark Belham,
  • David Oxborough,
  • Keith Pearce,
  • Bushra S Rana,
  • Daniel X Augustine,
  • Shaun Robinson,
  • Christophe Tribouilloy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-20-0035
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. G19 – G59

Abstract

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The guideline provides a practical step-by-step guide in order to facilitate high-quality echocardiographic studies of patients with aortic stenosis. In addition, it addresses commonly encountered yet challenging clinical scenarios and covers the use of advanced echocardiographic techniques, including TOE and Dobutamine stress echocardiography in the assessment of aortic stenosis.

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