Usefulness of clinical assessment of the carotid pulse in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-495

  Selvanayagam, Joseph ^a   De Pasquale, Carmine ^b   Arnolda, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 1242270510     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.054     Document Type: Article

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