Stroke after aortic valve replacement: The known and unknown

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2245-2247

  Waksman, Ron ^a   Minha, Sa'Ar ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic valve; Editorials; heart valve prosthesis implantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AORTIC VALVE; EDITORIALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 84901940788     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009684     Document Type: Editorial

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