Clinical application in routine practice of the proximal flow convergence method to calculate the mitral surface area in mitral valve stenosis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 443-451

  Bennis, Ahmed ^a   Drighil, Abdennasser ^a   Tribouilloy, Christophe ^b   Drighil, Asmaa ^c   Chraibi, Nacer ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Mitral valve stenosis; Proximal isovelocity surface area; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0036908182     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021197022688     Document Type: Article

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