Left ventricular architecture after valve replacement due to critical aortic stenosis: An approach to dis-/qualify the myth of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 797-805

  Knez, Igor ^a   Rienmüller, Rainer ^a   Maier, Robert ^a   Rehak, Peter ^a   Schröttner, Brigitte ^a   Mächler, Heinrich ^a   Anelli Monti, Michael ^a   Rigler, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Effective valve orifice area; Mechanical bileaflet prosthesis; Regression of left ventricular myocardial mass; Valve area index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034982402     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00683-2     Document Type: Article

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