Aortic valve disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 120-125

  Leggett, Malcom ^a   Otto, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029881880     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199603000-00004     Document Type: Review

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