Therapeutic decisions for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: room for improvement?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 953-957

  van Geldorp, Martijn W A ^a   van Gameren, Menno ^a   Kappetein, Arie Pieter ^a   Arabkhani, Bardia ^a   de Groot de Laat, Lotte E ^a   Takkenberg, Johanna J M ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349153824     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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