Sex differences in aortic stenosis and outcome following surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 986-995

  Dobson, Laura E ^a   Fairbairn, Timothy A ^a   Plein, Sven ^a   Greenwood, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84949993340     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5158     Document Type: Article

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