Measurement of aortic valve calcification using multislice computed tomography: Correlation with haemodynamic severity of aortic stenosis and clinical implication for patients with low ejection fraction

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 721-726

  Cueff, Caroline ^a   Serfaty, Jean Michel ^a,b   Cimadevilla, Claire ^a   Laissy, Jean Pierre ^a   Himbert, Dominique ^a   Tubach, Florence ^a   Duval, Xavier ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^c   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Messika Zeitoun, David ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953893341     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.198853     Document Type: Article

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