Results of aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis with relatively low transvalvular pressure gradients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 358-362

  Blitz, Lawrence R ^a   Gorman, Matthew ^a   Herrmann, Howard C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0032005131     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00905-3     Document Type: Article

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