Low-Flow, low-gradient, normal ejection fraction aortic stenosis

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Pibarot, Philippe ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Echocardiography; Hemodynamics; Severity

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77953539912     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-010-0090-0     Document Type: Review

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