Measurement of mitral valve area in mitral stenosis: Four echocardiographic methods compared with direct measurement of anatomic orifices

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1190-1197

  Faletra, Francesco ^a,c   Pezzano Jr , Antonio ^a   Fusco, Rossana ^a   Mantero, Antonio ^a   Corno, Roberto ^a   Crivellaro, Wilma ^b   De Chiara, Francesca ^a   Vitali, Ettore ^a   Gordini, Veliano ^a   Magnani, Paola ^a   Pezzano Sr , Antonio ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030298101     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00326-9     Document Type: Article

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