Quantification of tricuspid regurgitation by measuring the width of the vena contracta with doppler color flow imaging: A clinical study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 472-478

  Tribouilloy, Christophe M ^a   Enriquez Sarano, Maurice ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a   Seward, James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 0033859084     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00762-2     Document Type: Article

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