Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement for Low-Flow/Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis Without Contractile Reserve on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1865-1873

  Tribouilloy, Christophe ^a   Lévy, Franck ^a   Rusinaru, Dan ^a   Guéret, Pascal ^b   Petit Eisenmann, Hélène ^c   Baleynaud, Serge ^d   Jobic, Yannick ^e   Adams, Catherine ^f   Lelong, Bernard ^g   Pasquet, Agnès ^h   Chauvel, Christophe ⁱ   Metz, Damien ^j   Quéré, Jean Paul ^a   Monin, Jean Luc ^b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d General Hospital   (France)

^e BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f GENERAL HOSPITAL   (France)

^g RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁱ CLINIQUE SAINT AUGUSTIN   (France)

^j REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

dobutamine stress echocardiography; left ventricular dysfunction; low gradient aortic stenosis; prognosis; surgery

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LOW FLOW LOW GRADIENT AORTIC STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65549091065     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.026     Document Type: Article

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