Prospective validation of an echocardiographic index for determining the severity of chronic mitral regurgitation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 607-612

  Thomas, Liza ^a   Foster, Elyse ^a   Hoffman, Julian I E ^a   Schiller, Nelson B ^a  

^a UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037106977     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02564-X     Document Type: Article

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