Editorial comment. Therapeutic decisions for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis Much still to do!

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 958-959

  Antunes, Manuel J ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve replacement; Epidemiology; Percutaneous aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 67349099451     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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