Aortic stenosis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7495, 2005, Pages 801-802

  Chambers, John ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; EZETIMIBE; SIMVASTATIN;

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 17144419297     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7495.801     Document Type: Editorial

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