Accurate determination of mitral regurgitation by assessing its influence on the combined diastolic mitral and pulmonary venous flow: Just 'looking twice'

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Schwerzmann, M ^a   Wustmann, K ^a   Zimmerli, M ^a   Seiler, C ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diastole; Doppler; Echocardiography; Mitral valve insufficiency; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY VEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035708343     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euje.2001.0103     Document Type: Article

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