Influence of different echocardiographic imaging modes on the assessment of anterior mitral leaflet thickness

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-208

  Gorgulu, Sevket ^a,b   Eren, Mehmet ^a   Bagirtan, Bayram ^a   Uslu, Nevzat ^a   Ates, Mehmet ^a   Tezel, Tuna ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 24344487424     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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