Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Is Associated With Symptom Status in Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis”

We thank Dr Anusionwu1 for his comments and interest in our work.2 We agree that our study should be followed by a prospective study to delineate these associations, as well as to examine other novel parameters. The Tei index may provide helpful information in aortic stenosis (AS) because it provides information on both systolic and diastolic function, although literature concerning this parameter in AS has reached different conclusions. In the article about …