Velocity ratio predicts outcomes in patients with low gradient severe aortic stenosis and preserved EF

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 1946-1953

  Jander, Nikolaus ^a   Hochholzer, Willibald ^a   Kaufmann, Beat A ^b   Bahlmann, Edda ^c   Gerdts, Eva ^d   Boman, Kurt ^e,f   Chambers, John B ^g   Nienaber, Christoph A ^h   Ray, Simon ⁱ   Rossebo, Anne ^j   Pedersen, Terje R ^k   Wachtell, Kristian ^e   Gohlke Bärwolf, Christa ^a   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Minners, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Department of Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

ⁱ MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZETIMIBE; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE AREA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT DIAMETER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LOW GRADIENT SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN PRESSURE GRADIENT; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT DURATION; VELOCITY RATIO; VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AZETIDINES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SIMVASTATIN; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84922481442     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305763     Document Type: Article

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