Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
Aortic valve stenosis; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Rheumatic aortic stenosis; Calcium aortic stenosis
Treatment
If there are no symptoms or symptoms are mild, you may only need to be monitored by a health care provider.
Patients with significant aortic stenosis are usually told not to play competitive sports, even if they don't have symptoms. If symptoms do occur, strenuous activity must be limited.
Medications are used to treat symptoms of...
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