Peak early diastolic velocity rather than pressure half-time is the best index of mechanical prosthetic mitral valve function

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 704-710

  Fernandes, Valerian ^a   Olmos, Leopoldo ^a   Nagueh, Sherif F ^a   Quiñones, Miguel A ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTRUCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0037086306     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02343-8     Document Type: Article

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