Usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography in detecting significant prosthetic mitral valve regurgitation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-205

  Olmos, Leopoldo ^a,b   Salazar, Gabriel ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Quiñones, Miguel A ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a,c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033555513     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00824-8     Document Type: Article

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