Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis.

Guidelines recommend the use of Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis (AS) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%. However, a paucity exists in DSE data when LVEF>35%. To examine the diagnostic accuracy of DSE, in patients with low-gradient AS with a wide range of LVEF and to examine the interaction between the diagnostic accuracy of DSE and LVEF. Patients with mean-gradient<40 mmHg, AVA<1.0 cm DSE and C-CT was performed on patients with low-gradient AS MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Severe AS was defined as AVC score ≥2000 AU among men, and ≥1200 AU for women on C-CT. Of 221 patients included in the study, 78 (35%) presented with LVEF<35%, 67 (30%) with LVEF 35-50%, and 76 (34%) with LVEF>50%. Mean-gradient and V While DSE is safe and leads to an increase in stroke volume in patients with low-gradient AS regardless of LVEF, the association between DSE gradients and AS severity assessed by C-CT demonstrates important heterogeneity depending on LVEF, with highest accuracy in patients with LVEF<35%.

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