Low-gradient, low-flow severe aortic stenosis with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: Characteristics, outcome, and implications for surgery

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-66

  Tribouilloy, Christophe ^a,b   Rusinaru, Dan ^a,c   Maréchaux, Sylvestre ^d   Castel, Anne Laure ^a   Debry, Nicolas ^d   Maizel, Julien ^b   Mentaverri, Romuald ^b   Kamel, Said ^b   Slama, Michel ^b   Lévy, Franck ^a,b  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c Saint Quentin General Hospital   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; cardiac surgical; procedures follow up; studies mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LOW GRADIENT LOW FLOW AORTIC STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920545306     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.080     Document Type: Article

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