Abstract
Two patients with calcific aortic stenosis were studied with cardiac catheterization and brachial arterial pulse pressures. The ejection time, first derivative and upstroke time of the brachial artery pressure pulse was compatible with severe aortic stenosis. On cardiac catheterization, only minimal aortic stenosis was found. These cases illustrate the importance of cardiac catheterization as the sole determinant in the final evaluation of aortic stenosis.
