Low gradient severe aortic stenosis with preserved ejection fraction: Reclassification of severity by fusion of Doppler and computed tomographic data

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 2087-2096

  Kamperidis, Vasileios ^a,b   Van Rosendael, Philippe J ^a   Katsanos, Spyridon ^a   Van Der Kley, Frank ^a   Regeer, Madelien ^a   Al Amri, Ibtihal ^a   Sianos, Georgios ^b   Marsan, Nina Ajmone ^a   Delgado, Victoria ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Low flow low gradient; Multidetector computed tomography; Normal flow low gradient; Severe aortic stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE AREA INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW FLOW HIGH GRADIENT; LOW FLOW LOW GRADIENT; LOW GRADIENT SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL FLOW HIGH GRADIENT; NORMAL FLOW LOW GRADIENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84939549351     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv188     Document Type: Article

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