Let $T$ be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space $H$. In this paper we introduce a new class, denoted $\mathcal{KQA}^{*}$, of operators satisfying $T^{*k}(|T^{2}|-|T^{*}|^{2})T^{k}\geq 0$ where $k$ is a natural number, and we prove basic st