Symptomatic presentations of severe aortic stenosis

Abstract

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common type of valvular heart disease. A manifestation of ageing, the disorder is becoming more frequent as the average age of the population increases. Onset of cardinal manifestation of AS-angina, syncope, and heart failure-remains the major demarcation point in the disease's course. It has been well described that patients' survival is limited once they develop symptoms from AS and survival after the onset of a symptom depends on what type of symptom a patient develops. Knowing how the pathophysiology of AS causes typical symptoms and death is paramount to understanding the disease. We discuss these issues in this review.