Managing asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1702-1709

  Gaasch, William H ^a,b   Sundaram, Meena ^a   Meyer, Theo E ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic valve replacement; Left ventricular volume overload; Regurgitant volume; Vasodilator therapy

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ENDOCARDITIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030979774     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.6.1702     Document Type: Review

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