Effect of gender on treatment and outcomes in severe aortic stenosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1681-1686

  Hartzell, Maryanne ^a   Malhotra, Rajeev ^a   Yared, Kibar ^b   Rosenfield, Hannah R ^a   Walker, Jennifer D ^a   Wood, Malissa J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MYOMECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956087011     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.01.059     Document Type: Article

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