Assessment and management of low-gradient, low ejection fraction aortic stenosis

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1526-1527

  Tribouilloy, Christophe ^a   Lévy, Franck ^a  

^a Department of Cardiovascular Disease ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SURVIVAL;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 56749153712     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.142745     Document Type: Editorial

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