Almanac 2011: Valvular heart disease. The national society journals present selected research that has driven recent advances in clinical cardiology

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2007-2017

  Rosenhek, Raphael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; ETC 216; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TREND STUDY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AUSTRIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOLOGY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 82255183612     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301396     Document Type: Review

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