A case-control investigation of the relation between hyperlipidaemia and calcific aortic valve stenosis

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-479

  Wilmshurst, P T ^a,d   Stevenson, R N ^a   Griffiths, H ^b   Lord, J R ^c  

^a HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Chemical Pathology ^*

^c The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcific aortic stenosis; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hyperlipidaemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0030734286     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.5.475     Document Type: Article

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