Assessment of mitral regurgitation severity by Doppler color flow mapping of the vena contracta

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 636-642

  Hall, Shelley A ^a   Brickner, M Elizabeth ^a   Willett, Duwayne L ^a   Irani, Waleed N ^a   Afridi, Imran ^a   Grayburn, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; mapping; regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031041551     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.3.636     Document Type: Article

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