Changes in aortic root function after valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Barbetseas, John ^a   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Brili, Stella ^a   Aggeli, Constadina ^a   Marinakis, Nicholas ^a   Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Vyssoulis, Gregory ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Aortic root; Aortic stenosis; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33646584132     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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