Current Status of Flow Convergence for Clinical Applications: Is It a Leaning Tower of "PISA"?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 504-509

  Simpson, Iain A ^a   Shiota, Takahiro ^b   Gharib, Morteza ^c   Sahn, David J ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030028355     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00486-6     Document Type: Article

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