How often do we operate too late in aortic stenosis?

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 428-430

  Takeda, Scott ^a   Rimington, Helen ^a   Chambers, John ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031826904     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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