Current state of symptomatic aortic valve stenosis in the elderly patient

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2324-2325

  Petronio, Anna Sonia ^a   Giannini, Cristina ^a   Misuraca, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAFETY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 80053113774     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-0949     Document Type: Editorial

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