Application of the flow convergence region method to the determination of stroke volume and cardiac output in patients with mitral stenosis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Horibe, Naohisa ^a   Matsumoto, Masayuki ^a   Deng, You Bin ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Colour Doppler flow mapping; Flow convergence; Mitral stenosis; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0029876261     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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