Natural history of aortic valve stenosis of varying severity in the elderly

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-101

  Iivanainen, Aija M ^a   Lindroos, Magnus ^a   Tilvis, Reijo ^a   Heikkilä, Juhani ^a   Kupari, Markku ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030200663     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00235-4     Document Type: Article

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