Aortic valve stenosis with left ventricular outflow tract pressure gradient
โ Scribed by Tatsuya Sasaki; Osamu Okada; Takayuki Nakajima; Kenji Komoda; Kohei Kawazoe
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- Japanese
- Weight
- 776 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1863-6705
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) malformations aortic valve stenosis (AVS), coarctation of the aorta (CoA), and hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) contribute significantly to infant mortality due to birth defects. Previous epidemiology data showed rate differ