Usefulness of left atrial size in predicting postoperative symptomatic improvement in patients with aortic stenosis.
Although surgery is highly effective for symptomatic relief in patients with aortic stenosis, symptoms of congestive heart failure may be still present postoperatively. This group of patients with aortic stenosis is characterized by a wide range of left atrial size, which can predict postoperative symptomatic improvement.
Rossi
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Division of Cardiology, University of Verona, Italy. arossi@cardiovr.univr.it
Tomaino
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Golia
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Santini
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F
Pentiricci
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S
Marino
P
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Zardini
P
P
D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis