
The most common cause for interventional valve treatment is aortic stenosis. A cardinal symptom of aortic stenosis is heart failure due to the increased load exerted on the left ventricle. However, the left ventricular load is not solely determined based on the degree of aortic stenosis but is also impacted by arterial stiffness. The combined load can be determined by valvulo-arterial impedance (Zva), which is associated with poor outcome in aortic stenosis. We recently demonstrated low measures of systemic arterial stiffness in patients with aortic stenosis, and that arterial stiffness was increased after surgical aortic valve replacement. The results indicated a masked arterial stiffness in aortic stenosis when using methods incorporating peripheral arterial segments. Available studies using several different methods to assess arterial stiffness in relatively small aortic stenosis cohorts examined before and after either surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement/intervention have generated contradictory results. In this commentary, we present a detailed literature review to explore how different methods and measures of arterial stiffness in aortic stenosis capture or not, a masked arterial stiffness in aortic stenosis and possible reasons for the observed results. Future studies validating a non-invasive reproducible method to assess arterial stiffness in aortic stenosis patients could potentially lead to an implementation in pre-interventional risk assessment for aortic stenosis.
ventricular-arterial coupling, pulse wave velocity, Heart Ventricles, aortic stenosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, arterial stiffness, Vascular Stiffness, valvular heart disease, RC666-701, Aortic Valve, Commentary, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Humans, cardio ankle vascular index
ventricular-arterial coupling, pulse wave velocity, Heart Ventricles, aortic stenosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, arterial stiffness, Vascular Stiffness, valvular heart disease, RC666-701, Aortic Valve, Commentary, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Humans, cardio ankle vascular index
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