Doppler echocardiographic assessment of valvular regurgitation severity by measurement of the vena contracta: An in vitro validation study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 999-1006

  Mascherbauer, Julia ^a   Rosenhek, Raphael ^a   Bittner, Barbara ^a   Binder, Josefa ^a   Simon, Paul ^a   Maurer, Gerald ^a   Schima, Heinrich ^b   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LASER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN DIAMETER;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26244438430     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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