Outcome of patients with aortic stenosis, small valve area, and low-flow, low-gradient despite preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1259-1267

  Clavel, Marie Annick ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Capoulade, Romain ^a   Mathieu, Patrick ^a   Sénéchal, Mario ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; hemodynamics; valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84866731994     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.054     Document Type: Article

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