Prevalence of valvular regurgitation in structurally normal hearts: A colour-Doppler study

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 8-9, 1997, Pages 559-563

  Biava, Gianluigi ^a   Delfino, Massimo ^b,c   Laganà, Bruno ^b   Urani, Claudia ^a   Camera, Andrea ^a   Modica, Michele ^a   Del Porto, Raffaele ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler echocardiography; Normal heart; Valvular regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030714568     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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