Echocardiographic surveillance of aortic valve stenosis: Towards a standardized approach

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-713

  Zaidi, Abbas ^a   Ionescu, Adrian ^b   Sharma, Rajan ^c   Heatley, Martyn ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 84872067194     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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