The use of echocardiography in the coronary care unit for assessment of mitral regurgitation

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-201

  Harris, Kevin M ^a   Barzilai, Benico ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; flail leaflet; mitral regurgitation; papillary muscle dysfunction; papillary muscle rupture; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY CARE UNITS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029946328     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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