Differentiating thrombus from pannus formation in obstructed mechanical prosthetic valves: An evaluation of clinical, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic parameters

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1410-1417

  Barbetseas, John ^a,b   Nagueh, Sherif F ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^b   Quiñones, Miguel A ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a,c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PANNUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032213362     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00385-4     Document Type: Article

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