Valvular heart disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-41

  Carabello, Blase A ^a,b,c   Crawford Jr , Fred A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VALVULOTOMY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0030794106     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199707033370107     Document Type: Review

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