Planimetry of aortic valve area using multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography is not a reliable method for assessing severity of aortic stenosis

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-73

  Bernard, Yvette ^a   Meneveau, Nicolas ^a   Vuillemenot, Alain ^a   Magnin, Dominique ^a   Anguenot, Thierry ^a   Schiele, François ^a   Bassand, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve area planimetry; Multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030740125     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.1.68     Document Type: Article

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