Factors Influencing Left Ventricular Structure and Stress-Corrected Systolic Function in Men and Women With Asymptomatic Aortic Valve Stenosis (a SEAS Substudy)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 510-515

  Cramariuc, Dana ^a   Rieck, Åshild E ^a   Staal, Eva M ^a   Wachtell, Kristian ^d   Eriksen, Erlend ^b   Rossebø, Anne B ^c   Gerdts, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 38849206853     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.09.100     Document Type: Article

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