Ventricular arrhythmias in adult aortic stenosis: Prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical relevance

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 482-491

  Sorgato, Alberico ^a,d   Faggiano, Pompilio ^a   Aurigemma, Gerard P ^b   Rusconi, Cesare ^a   Gaasch, William H ^c  

^a S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Electrophysiologic mechanisms; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Sudden death; Syncope; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0031910796     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.482     Document Type: Review

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