Impact of aortic stiffness on left ventricular function and B-type natriuretic peptide release in severe aortic stenosis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 850-856

  Roşca, Monica ^a,b   Magne, Julien ^c   Cǎlin, Andreea ^a,b   Popescu, Bogdan A ^a,b   Piérard, Luc A ^c   Lancellotti, Patrizio ^c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b 'Prof Dr CC Iliescu' Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic valve disease; Cardiac remodelling; Diastolic dysfunction; Haemodynamics; Strain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84856389456     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer120     Document Type: Article

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