Comparison of the proximal flow convergence method and the jet area method for the assessment of the severity of tricuspid regurgitation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 652-659

  Grossmann, G ^a,b   Stein, M ^a   Kochs, M ^a   Hoher M ^a   Koenig, W ^a   Hombach, V ^a   Giesler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour flow doppler imaging; Proximal flow convergence region; Regurgitant jet area; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031954872     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1997.0825     Document Type: Article

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