Low-Gradient Aortic Valve Stenosis: Myocardial Fibrosis and Its Influence on Function and Outcome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-412

  Herrmann, Sebastian ^a   Störk, Stefan ^a   Niemann, Markus ^a   Lange, Volkmar ^a   Strotmann, Jörg M ^a   Frantz, Stefan ^a   Beer, Meinrad ^a   Gattenlöhner, Stefan ^b   Voelker, Wolfram ^a   Ertl, Georg ^a   Weidemann, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; aortic valve; low gradient; myocardial fibrosis; myocardial function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053312356     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.02.059     Document Type: Article

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