Diagnosis of aortic stenosis in the elderly: Role of echocardiography

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-206

  Alipour, Massoud S ^b   Shah, Pravin M ^a  

^a Hoag Heart Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037651100     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2003.02067.x     Document Type: Review

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