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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2014 Aug 15;176(3):916–922. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.053

Table 3.

Prevalence (%) of severe aortic stenosis assessed by echocardiography (Echo) and computed tomography (CT) in both sexes combined.

Echo CT
67–69 years 0.92 0.80
70–79 years 2.44 4.00
≥80 years 7.33 9.50

Severe aortic stenosis defined by echocardiography as an aortic valve area index <0.6 cm2/m2 and by computed tomography as an aortic valve calcium score ≥500.