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Heart 2005;91:1254-1256; doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.055129
Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

EDITORIAL

What influences the outcome of valve replacement in critical aortic stenosis?

H Baumgartner

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Correspondence to:
Helmut Baumgartner
MD, Department of Cardiology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; helmut.baumgartner{at}meduniwien.ac.at

ABSTRACT

Even patients with severely reduced left ventricular function and critical aortic stenosis can improve notably following valve replacement

Abbreviations: AS, aortic stenosis; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; EF, ejection fraction; LV, left ventricular; NYHA, New York Heart Association

Keywords: aortic stenosis; valve replacement


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