Prevalence and characteristics of unoperated patients with severe aortic stenosis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 284-291

  Bach, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; AGE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961222817     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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