Magnetic resonance to assess the aortic valve area in aortic stenosis: How does it compare to current diagnostic standards?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 519-526

  John, Anna S ^a,b   Dill, Thorsten ^a   Brandt, Roland R ^a   Rau, Matthias ^a   Ricken, Wolfgang ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0043128979     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00707-1     Document Type: Article

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