Should early elective surgery be performed in patients with severe but asymptomatic aortic stenosis?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 1417-1421

  Rosenhek, R ^b   Maurer, G ^b   Baumgartner, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036764812     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2002.3163     Document Type: Review

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