Added accuracy with 3D echocardiographic imaging of valvular vegetations

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-362

  El Muayed, Malek ^a   Burjonroppa, Sukesh Chandrasekar ^a   Croitoru, Mihai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mitral valve; Three dimensional echocardiography; Vegetations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 17644380297     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.04039.x     Document Type: Article

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