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Review
. 2009 Mar 14;373(9667):956-66.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60211-7. Epub 2009 Feb 21.

Aortic stenosis

Blase A Carabello  1 , Walter J Paulus
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Review

Aortic stenosis

Blase A Carabello et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

In developed countries, aortic stenosis is the most prevalent of all valvular heart diseases. A manifestation of ageing, the disorder is becoming more frequent as the average age of the population increases. Symptomatic severe disease is universally fatal if left untreated yet is consistent with a typical lifespan when mechanical relief of the stenosis is provided in a timely fashion. Management of mild disease, severe asymptomatic disease, and far advanced disease, and the effect of new percutaneous treatments, provide both controversy and exciting promise to care of patients with aortic stenosis. We discuss these issues in this Review.

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  • Aortic valve stenosis.
    Rossebø AB, Gerdts E, Pedersen TR; SEAS Study Steering Committee. Rossebø AB, et al. Lancet. 2009 Jun 13;373(9680):2022-3; author reply 2023. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61104-1. Lancet. 2009. PMID: 19524771 No abstract available.
  • Aortic valve stenosis.
    Kapoor JR, Kapoor R. Kapoor JR, et al. Lancet. 2009 Jun 13;373(9680):2023; author reply 2023. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61105-3. Lancet. 2009. PMID: 19524773 No abstract available.

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