Is ventricular arrhythmia a possible mediator of the association between aortic stenosis-related midwall fibrosis and mortality?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1280-1282

  Nazarian, Saman ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve stenosis; gadolinium; mortality; myocardial fibrosis; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

EID: 80052850981     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.04.045     Document Type: Editorial

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