Mechanism of dynamic regurgitant orifice area variation in functional mitral regurgitation: Physiologic insights from the proximal flow convergence technique

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 538-545

  Hung, Judy ^a   Otsuji, Yutaka ^a   Handschumacher, Mark D ^a   Schwammenthal, Ehud ^b   Levine, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0033081058     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00570-1     Document Type: Article

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