Aortic valve calcification as a marker for aortic stenosis severity: Assessment on 16-MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1813-1818

  Koos, Ralf ^a   Mahnken, Andreas Horst ^a   Sinha, Anil Martin ^a   Wildberger, Joachim Ernst ^a   Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Kühl, Harald Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644373342     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831813     Document Type: Article

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