Aortic stenosis suspected to be severe despite low gradients

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-551

  Pibarot, Philippe ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Echocardiography, Doppler; Echocardiography, stress; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84904099197     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001375     Document Type: Article

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