Calcific aortic stenosis in the elderly: A brief overview

American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 178-182

  Sawhney, Neil ^b   Hassankhani, Alborz ^b   Greenberg, Barry H ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDRALAZINE; NITRATE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA STENOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESTENOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0037651119     PISSN: 10767460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1076-7460.2003.02070.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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