Calculation of mitral valve area in mitral stenosis using the proximal isovelocity surface area method. Comparison with two-dimensional planimetry and Doppler pressure half time method

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 811-819

  Oku, Koji ^a   Utsunomiya, Toshinori ^b   Mori, Hideki ^a   Yamachika, Shiro ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler flow; Mitral stenosis; Mitral valve area; Proximal isovelocity surface area method; Volume flow rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031440352     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.811     Document Type: Article

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