Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the St. Jude medical prosthetic valve in the aortic position using the continuity equation

Circulation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 213-223

  Chafizadeh, Edward R ^b   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography, doppler; Gradient; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STROKE VOLUME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0026026862     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.83.1.213     Document Type: Article

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