Two-dimensional echocardiography can demonstrate a thickened aortic valve, reduced leaflet mobility and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy. Doppler is used to quantify the severity of aortic ...

An S4 heart sound is also often present due to the severe concentric left ventricular hypertrophy that develops in aortic stenosis. If an S3 heart sound is present, significant systolic ...

[99] The 16 patients with LVH had elevated NT-proBNP (81.0 vs 66.8 pg/ml; p < 0.001) and there was no difference between patients with concentric ... by left ventricular hypertrophy, left ...