Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures: Executive summary

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1491-1505

  Svensson, Lars G ^a   Adams, David H ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^a   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a   O'Gara, Patrick T ^a   Shahian, David M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a   Akins, Cary W ^a   Bavaria, Joseph ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   David, Tirone E ^a   Desai, Nimesh D ^a   Dewey, Todd M ^a   D'Agostino, Richard S ^a   Gleason, Thomas G ^a   Harrington, Katherine B ^a   Kodali, Susheel ^a   Kapadia, Samir ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Lima, Brian ^a   Lytle, Bruce W ^a   MacK, Michael J ^a   Reece, T Brett ^a   Reiss, George R ^a   Roselli, Eric ^a   Smith, Craig R ^a   Thourani, Vinod H ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Webb, John ^a   Williams, Mathew R ^a   more..

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84875365165     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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