Differential effects of afterload on left ventricular long- and short-axis function: Insights from a clinical model of patients with aortic valve stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 540-545

  Carasso, Shemy ^a   Cohen, Oved ^a   Mutlak, Diab ^a   Adler, Zvi ^a   Lessick, Jonathan ^a   Reisner, Shimon A ^a,b   Rakowski, Harry ^c   Bolotin, Gil ^a,b   Agmon, Yoram ^a,b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349208463     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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