Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus clinical case challenge. In today’s ‘Cardiology Case Challenge’ , join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s question. A 55-year-old man presents with lower extremity edema, orthopnea, and shortness of breath on exertion.
On echocardiography, the left ventricular ejection fraction is approximately 15%, and the aortic valve is thickened with restricted leaflet excursion. The mean gradient across the valve is 25 mm Hg with a calculated valve area of 0.8 cm 2 .
