Surgery in asymptomatic aortic stenosis

BMJ  2004;328:63-64 (10 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7431.63
Exercise testing is the key investigation

Aortic stenosis is the commonest valve disease in the developed world that requires surgery. In elderly people its prevalence is approximately 3%.1 Usually a long latent period precedes the cardinal symptoms of the disease.2 Replacement of the aortic valve is an excellent treatment for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis—symptoms [...]