Management of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: Is aortic valve replacement indicated?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 608-609

  Pellikka, Patricia A ^a,b   Sundt, Thoralf M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53249107195     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1304     Document Type: Article

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