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Large-scale community echocardiographic screening reveals a major burden of undiagnosed valvular heart disease in older people: the OxVALVE Population Cohort Study
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Background
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is expected to become more common as the population ages. However, current estimates of its natural history and prevalence are based on historical studies with potential sources of bias. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of VHD identified at recruitment of a large cohort of older people.
Method and Results
We enrolled 2500 individuals aged ≥65 years from a primary car...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw229
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Funding
National Institute of Health Research
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- European Heart Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 47
- Pages:
- 3515-3522
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-05-18
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- ISSN:
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1522-9645
- Source identifiers:
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634128
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- pubs:634128
- Deposit date:
- 2016-07-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Farmer et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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