Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction after mitral valve replacement with subvalvular preservation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 825-827

  Rietman, G W ^a   Van Der Maaten, J M A A ^a   Douglas, Y L ^a   Boonstra, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mitral valve; Surgery; Ventricular outflow obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036842920     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00465-7     Document Type: Article

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