Essentially, this means the heart didn't do its job too well and over-suppress cardiac function. The results "support the hypothesis that LVOT gradient reductions can be decoupled from LVEF ...

Future Cardiol. 2013;9(5):697-709. It is extremely important to detect the presence and severity of LVOT obstruction from physical examination, as well as 2D and Doppler echocardiography.

In principle, the blood volume passing through a stenotic valve (aortic stenosis) is equal to the blood volume proximal to the stenosis or in the LVOT (Figure 4). The stroke volume is equal to ...