Influence of the orifice inlet angle on the velocity profile across a flow convergence region by color Doppler in vitro

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-428

  Giesler, Martin ^a   Stein, Michael ^b   Grossmann, Georg ^b   Hombach, Vinzenz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Doppler; Echocardiography; Flow convergence; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD REGURGITATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033931069     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01157.x     Document Type: Article

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