Usefulness of exercise-stress echocardiography for risk stratification of true asymptomatic patients with aortic valve stenosis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1390-1397

  Maréchaux, Sylvestre ^a   Hachicha, Zeineb ^b   Bellouin, Annaïk ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^b   Meimoun, Patrick ^c   Pasquet, Agns ^d   Bergeron, Sébastien ^b   Arsenault, Marie ^b   Le Tourneau, Thierry ^a   Ennezat, Pierre Vladimir ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier Compiegne   (France)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve; Doppler echocardiography; Exercise; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 77953222801     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq076     Document Type: Article

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