Hemodynamic rounds series II: Mitral stenosis and pulsus alternans

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-317

  Kern, Morton J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; PULSE;

EID: 0031913940     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199803)43:3<313::AID-CCD16>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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