Quantitative assessment of mechanical prosthetic valve area by 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 723-731

  Mannaerts, Herman ^a   Li, Yue ^a,b   Kamp, Otto ^a   Valocik, Gabriel ^a,c   Hrudova, Jana ^a   Ripa, Sara ^a   Visser, Cees ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035187957     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.112891     Document Type: Article

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