Hypertension in aortic valve stenosis - A Trojan horse

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1934-1935

  Kaden, Jens J ^a   Haghi, Dariusch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 49749088864     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn306     Document Type: Editorial

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