Importance of pressure recovery for the assessment of aortic stenosis by Doppler ultrasound: Role of aortic size, aortic valve area, and direction of the stenotic jet in vitro

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1934-1940

  Niederberger, Julia ^a   Schima, Heinrich ^a   Maurer, Gerald ^a   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

echocardiography; hemodynamics; valves

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029825136     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1934     Document Type: Article

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