Aortic stenosis in the elderly: Challenges in diagnosis and therapy

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Elderly; TAVI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80755129039     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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