USMLE/COMLEX - Step 2 - Aortic Stenosis
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What are common causes of aortic stenosis?
Rheumatic heart disease and mechanical degeneration
What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis overall?
Mechanical degeneration
Which patients can present with aortic stenosis?
Elderly and patients with a unicuspid or bicuspid valve such as those with Turner’s syndrome
How will patients present?
Angina, syncope, pulsus parvus et tardus, and split S2
How can it be managed?
Balloon valvuloplasty
Valve replacement