Doppler Mirror Image Artifacts Mimicking Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Mechanical Bileaflet Mitral Valve Prostheses

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Linka, A Z ^a   Barton, M ^a   Attenhofer Jost, C ^a   Jenni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Mechanical valve prosthesis; Mirror image artifact; Paravalvular leak

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0034197191     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2000.0024     Document Type: Article

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