Management of Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1279-1292

  Dal Bianco, Jacob P ^a   Khandheria, Bjoy K ^b   Mookadam, Farouk ^b   Gentile, Federico ^b   Sengupta, Partho P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; asymptomatic; management; outcome; predictor; severe

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 54749156334     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.020     Document Type: Review

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