Stroke-work loss underestimates hemodynamic significance of aortic stenosis in patients with hypertension

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 673-676

  Wong, Raymond Ching Chiew ^a   Yeo, Tiong Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Hypertension; Stroke work loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE WORK LOSS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34447644897     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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