Open AccessAortic stiffness in aortic valve stenosis: reply
Author(s) -
Monica Roşca,
P Lancellotti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer233
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , stenosis , aortic valve stenosis , heart failure
We appreciate the interest of Nemes and Forster in our article1 and we would like to warmly thank them. The main purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between aortic stiffness, left ventricular (LV) function, and BNP release in a series of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and preserved LV ejection fraction. A normal control group would have been …
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