Left ventricular mass regression after implantation of St. Jude Medical cardiac valves in small aortic roots

Artificial Organs

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 740-745

  Murakami, Taiji ^a   Kikugawa, Daiki ^a   Endoh, Kouichi ^a   Ishida, Atsuhisa ^a   Tabuchi, Atsushi ^a   Morita, Ichiro ^a   Masaki, Hisao ^a   Inada, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Takashi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Left ventricular mass index; St. Jude Medical valve; Transvalvular pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AORTIC ROOT; AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVES; LEAVE VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX; LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS; MASS INDEX; ST JUDE MEDICAL VALVE; ST. JUDE MEDICAL; TRANSVALVULAR PRESSURE GRADIENTS; VALVE REPLACEMENT;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0031754451     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1998.6141R.x     Document Type: Article

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