Living with Aortic Stenosis: A Phenomenological Study of Patients' Experiences and Subsequent Health Choices
Symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) is an increasing phenomenon as more adults live longer. The gold standard for treating AS is surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Frequently, as older individuals with AS often have multiple comorbidities, a SAVR is determined to be too high risk. Therefore, a l...
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ScholarWorks @ UVM
2015
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/516 http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1515&context=graddis |