Clinical Usefulness of Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients with Mild to Moderate Aortic Stenosis: A Substudy of the Aortic Stenosis Progression Observation Measuring Effects of Rosuvastatin Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1023-1027

  Jassal, Davinder S ^a,b   Tam, James W ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^c   Giannoccaro, Peter J ^d   Jue, John ^e   Pandey, A Shekhar ^f   Joyner, Campbell D ^g   Teo, Koon K ^h   Chan, Kwan L ⁱ  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Cambridge Cardiac Care Inc   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Diastolic dysfunction; Tissue Doppler

Indexed keywords

ROSUVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249107804     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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