Echocardiographic severity grading in aortic stenosis: No holy grail, only lessons towards patient individualisation

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-5

  Michelena, Hector I ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^b   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84891830632     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304747     Document Type: Editorial

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