Evaluation of the Significance of a Transvalvular Catheter on Aortic Valve Gradient in Aortic Stenosis: A Direct Hemodynamic and Doppler Echocardiographic Study

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-516

  Adele, Chituru ^a   Vaitkus, Paul T ^a   Tischler, Marc D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031568692     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00799-0     Document Type: Article

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