Differential left ventricular remodelling and longitudinal function distinguishes low flow from normal-flow preserved ejection fraction low-gradient severe aortic stenosis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 1906-1914

  Mehrotra, Praveen ^a   Jansen, Katrijn ^a   Flynn, Aidan W ^a   Tan, Timothy C ^a   Elmariah, Sammy ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Hung, Judy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Haemodynamics; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC STENOSIS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84880199493     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht094     Document Type: Article

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