Calcific aortic valve disease: Outflow obstruction is the end stage of a systemic disease process

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1940-1942

  Otto, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 68949146107     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp175     Document Type: Editorial

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