PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF VALVULAR AORTIC-STENOSIS DETERMINED BY DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT-VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND PHYSICAL SIGNS OF AORTIC-STENOSIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

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作者
ARONOW, WS
KRONZON, I
机构
[1] YESHIVA UNIV ALBERT EINSTEIN COLL MED,DEPT MED,BRONX,NY 10461
[2] NYU,SCH MED,DEPT MED,NEW YORK,NY 10003
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10.1016/0002-9149(91)90542-S
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Calcific deposits in the aortic valve are common in elderly persons and may lead to valvular aortic stenosis (AS).1-3 We performed a prospective study to determine the prevalence and severity of valvular AS by Doppler echocardiography and its association with echocardiographic and electrocardiographic left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and with physical signs of AS in unselected elderly patients in a long-term health care facility. © 1991.
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