Value of exercise echocardiography in rheumatic mitral stenosis with and without significant mitral regurgitation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1060-1063

  Lev, Eli I ^a   Sagie, Alex ^a   Vaturi, Mordehay ^a   Sela, Noga ^a   Battler, Alexander ^a   Shapira, Yaron ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 1842789045     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.064     Document Type: Article

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