Aortic stenosis: Physics and physiology - What do the numbers really mean?

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-32

  Weyman, Arthur E ^a   Scherrer Crosbie, Marielle ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Catheterization; Doppler echocardiography; Pressure gradients; Valve area

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AORTA STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REVIEW;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 16244379858     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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