Quantifying aortic regurgitation by using the color Doppler-imaged vena contracta: A chronic animal model study

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2009-2015

  Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Jones, Michael ^b   Shiota, Takahiro ^a   Yamada, Izumi ^b   Heinrich, Russell S ^a   Holcomb, Scott R ^c   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^c   Sahn, David J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hemodynamics; Imaging; Valves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SHEEP; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030828914     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.6.2009     Document Type: Article

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