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Imperial College London
Publishes on Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques. 161 papers and 8.7k citations.
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The New Eng land Jour nal of Medicine pertrophy, and an aortic-valve area of less than 0.6 cm 2 or an aortic-valve index no higher than 0.6 cm 2 per square meter of body-surface area). 2 However, none of these echocardiographic findings have demonstrated the predictive power that Rosenhek et al. report for the degree of valvular calcification and the increase in aortic-jet velocity. Their results add to the existing evidence that an absence of symptoms is an insufficient reason to delay aortic-valve replacement in certain cases. The findings also shed light on the matter of which patients should be considered for early surgery.