Understanding continuous-wave doppler signal intensity as a measure of regurgitant severity

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 613-622

  Bolger, Ann F ^a   Eidenvall, Lars ^b   Ask, Per ^b   Loyd, Dan ^b   Wranne, Bengt ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW KINETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031178160     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70024-5     Document Type: Article

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