Letter by dumesnil and pibarot regarding article, outcome of patients with low-gradient severe aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; SIMVASTATIN;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; BODY SURFACE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW GRADIENT SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AZETIDINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIMVASTATIN; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 80053334430     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.038497     Document Type: Letter

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