Predictive value of pulmonary venous flow patterns in detecting mitral regurgitation and left ventricular abnormalities

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 665-670

  Hynes, Mark S ^a   Tam, James L ^b   Burwash, Ian G ^a   Chan, Kwan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Left ventricle; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION; PULMONARY VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032768889     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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