Quantitation of mitral regurgitation using the systolic/diastolic pulmonary venous flow velocity ratio

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1383-1390

  Seiler, Christian ^a,b   Aeschbacher, Beat C ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a PSI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYSTOLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032080547     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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