New approaches to quantifying aortic stenosis severity

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^b   Akins, Cary ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 44449166003     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-008-0017-1     Document Type: Review

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