Introduction:

The exponential increase of aortic stenosis incidence in relation to age, as well as the presence of risk factors such as metabolic syndrome, predispose to aortic calcification as a manifestation of a generalized cardiovascular disease.

Objective:

To identify the incongruences existing between clinical manifestations and the echocardiographic study in patients with severe aortic valvular stenosis.

Materials and methods:

An analytical-descriptive study was carried out in a sample of 50 patients clinically and echo-graphically diagnosed of severe aortic stenosis.

Results:

A predominance of elder white women with a history of anginous pain and dyspnea was found, accompanied of intense meso-systolic murmur in aortic focus, and a second weak sound, and low blood tension figures with few ultrasonographic criteria of left ventricular hypertrophy and peak velocity, together with gradient and aortic area, which suggest a high-percent of severe stenosis, with valvular calcification and an elevated left ventricular elevation fraction, plus the presence of other valvular diseases.

Conclusions:

The study showed poor relationship between clinical and echocardiography manifestations.

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