Prognostic value of energy loss index in asymptomatic aortic stenosis

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1149-1156

  Bahlmann, Edda ^a   Gerdts, Eva ^b,c   Cramariuc, Dana ^c   Gohlke Baerwolf, Christa ^d   Nienaber, Christoph A ^e   Wachtell, Kristian ^f   Seifert, Reinhard ^h   Chambers, John B ^g   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Ray, Simon ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^e ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^f Department of Cardiology   (Denmark)

^g GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic valve; aortic valve stenosis; cardiovascular system; energy loss index

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY LOSS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THICKNESS;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874946674     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.078857     Document Type: Article

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