Paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis despite preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: New insights fromweights of operatively excised aortic valves

European Heart Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 2655-2662

  Clavel, Marie Annick ^a   Côté, Nancy ^a   Mathieu, Patrick ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^a   Audet, Audrey ^a   Pépin, Andrée ^a   Couture, Christian ^a   Fournier, Dominique ^a   Trahan, Sylvain ^a   Pagé, Sylvain ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Low flow; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRICUSPID VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84920522023     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu152     Document Type: Article

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