Experimental and clinical assessment of mitral annular area and dynamics: What are we actually measuring?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 966-974

  Timek, Tomasz A ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034843130     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02702-3     Document Type: Article

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