The evolving epidemiology of valvular aortic stenosis. the Tromsø Study

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 396-400

  Eveborn, Gry Wisthus ^a,b   Schirmer, Henrik ^a,b   Heggelund, Geir ^a   Lunde, Per ^a   Rasmussen, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84874106503     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302265     Document Type: Article

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