Longitudinal assessment of valvular heart disease by echocardiography

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 397-403

  Chen, Leway ^a   Otto, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; TIME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0031757517     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199811000-00003     Document Type: Review

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