Strategy for optimal aortic regurgitation quantification by Doppler echocardiography: Agreement among different methods

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 773-781

  Evangelista, Artur ^a   García Del Castillo, Herminio ^b   Calvo, Francisco ^b   Permanyer Miralda, Gaietâ ^b   Brotons, Carles ^b   Angel, Juan ^b   González Alujas, Teresa ^b   Tornos, Pilar ^b   Soler Soler, Jordi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034068326     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(00)90007-3     Document Type: Article

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