Evaluation of progression in nonrheumatic aortic valvular stenosis by scanning acoustic microscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-569

  Lu, Xin ^a   Senda, Shoichi ^a   Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   Masugata, Hisashi ^a   Sakamoto, Seiji ^a   Sakamoto, Haruhiko ^a   Matsuo, Hirohide ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve; Scanning acoustic microscopy; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound propagation speed

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AORTIC VALVE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONRHEUMATIC AORTIC VALVULAR STENOSIS; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND PROPAGATION SPEED;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; THICKNESS; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CADAVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0034040656     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00149-0     Document Type: Article

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