Assessment of perceived mechanical heart valve sound level in patients

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 655-661

  Nygaard, Hans ^a,b   Johansen, Peter ^a,b   Riis, Garsten ^a,b   Hasenkam, J Michael ^a   Paulsen, Peter K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEART SOUND; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART SOUNDS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 0032701266     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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