Value and limitations of aortic valve resistance with particular consideration of low flow-low gradient aortic stenosis: An in vitro study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 787-793

  Mascherbauer, Julia ^a,b   Schima, Heinrich ^a   Rosenhek, Raphael ^a,b   Czerny, Martin ^a   Maurer, Gerald ^a,b   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Haelodynamics; Valve resistance

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE RESISTANCE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION CAMERA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 2442642798     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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