Survival and functional recovery following valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis

Survival and functional recovery following valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis

Background: Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common heart valve disease in Europe and North America. Age-related calcification of the valve is the commonest cause of acquired AS, especially in patients older than 70 years.Conventional surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and the novel, minimally...

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Main Author: Ding, Wenhong
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Medicin 2013
Subjects:
Aortic stenosis
surgical aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
survival
predictor
echocardiography
speckle tracking
ventricular function
twist
strain
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-82644
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-750-9

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