Aortic valve stenosis: Fatal natural history despite normal left ventricular function and low invasive peak-to-peak pressure gradients

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-151

  Christensen, Kent Lodberg ^a   Ivarsen, Hanne Ramløv ^a   Thuesen, Leif ^a   Kristensen, Bent Østergaard ^a   Egeblad, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Cardiac catheterization; Echocardiography; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 5744247205     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080482     Document Type: Article

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