Comparison of frequency of new coronary events in older subjects with and without valvular aortic sclerosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 599-600

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b   Shirani, Jamshid ^b   Kronzon, Itzhak ^b  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0033558259     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00922-9     Document Type: Article

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