Aortic regurgitation: Quantitative methods by echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-302

  Ekery, Deborah L ^a   Davidoff, Ravin ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033995892     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01140.x     Document Type: Article

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