Small valve area with low-gradient aortic stenosis: Beware the hard hearted

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2339-2340

  Dweck, Marc R ^a   Chin, Calvin ^a   Newby, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aortic valve calcification; aortic valve stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE AREA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84890066949     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1620     Document Type: Editorial

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