Sex differences in aortic valve calcification measured by multidetector computed tomography in aortic stenosis

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Aggarwal, Shivani R ^a   Clavel, Marie Annick ^a   Messika Zeitoun, David ^b,c   Cueff, Caroline ^b   Malouf, Joseph ^a   Araoz, Philip A ^a   Mankad, Rekha ^a   Michelena, Hector ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^b,c   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic valve calcification; Aortic valve stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; Multidetector computed tomography; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874545201     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.980052     Document Type: Article

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