Bedside Physical Examination for the Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with obstruction to the left ventricular outflow tract from degenerative aortic stenosis (AS) usually do not become symptomatic until their disease becomes graded as severe. We sought to assess the accuracy of the physical examination for the diagnosis of AS of at least moderate severity.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis of case series and cohorts of patients who received a cardiovascular physical examination prior to receiving a left heart catheterization or an echocardiogram. PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Embase were searched with a date range from inception through December 10, 2021, without language restrictions.

Results

Our systematic review yielded 7 observational studies with adequate data t

SUBMITTER: Shellenberger RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10290951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature