An Alternative to Standard Continuity Equation for the Calculation of Aortic Valve Area by Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1309-1315

  Dumont, Yannick ^a   Arsenault, Marie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0344304704     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.echo.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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