Hemodynamic rounds series II: Hemodynamic evaluation of a stenotic bioprosthetic mitral valve

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-75

  Azrak, Elie ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a   Bach, Richard G ^a   Donohue, Thomas J ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031691856     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199809)45:1<70::AID-CCD17>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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