Determining that aortic valve stenosis is severe: Back-to-the-future: Physical examination and aortic valve area index/energy loss index ≤0.6 cm2/m2*

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563-566

  Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; aortic valve area; energy loss; left ventricle; sinotubular junction

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AORTA VALVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77956662185     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.02.006     Document Type: Editorial

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