Aortic stenosis differential diagnosis
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Differential diagnosis
- Fixed subvalvular obstruction
- Presence of subaortic membrane
- May be difficult to visualise in 2D echocardiography
- Presents in early adulthood
- Valve is not stenotic, but doppler shows increased gradient.
- Can be diagnosed with careful search using pulse wave doppler and colour flow mapping
- Dynamic subaortic obstruction
- Occurs with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy(HOCM)
- Other features of HCM
- late peaking, triangular CW doppler
- changes with provocative measures