Application of the continuity equation and valve resistance to the evaluation of St. Jude Medical prosthetic aortic valve dysfunction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1239-1242

  Saad, Robert M ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Olmos, Leopoldo ^a   Rubio, Nelly ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0030667656     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00652-8     Document Type: Article

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