Prognostic stratification by conventional echocardiography of patients with aortic stenosis: The "cAIMAN-ECHO Score"

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-377

  Cioffi, Giovanni ^a   Mazzone, Carmine ^b   Faggiano, Pompilio ^c   Tarantini, Luigi ^d   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^b   Russo, Tiziano Edoardo ^a   Selmi, Alessandro ^a   Stefenelli, Carlo ^a   Furlanello, Francesco ^a  

^a Villa Bianca Hospital   (Italy)

^b ASS 1 Triestina   (Italy)

^c Cardiology Unit   (Italy)

^d SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

aortic stenosis; aortic valve disease severity; calcium score; inappropriate left ventricular mass; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CAIMAN ECHO SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875814770     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12065     Document Type: Article

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