Outpatient echocardiographic assessment of complex pulmonary outflow stenosis: Doppler mean gradient is superior to the maximum instantaneous gradient

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1143-1148

  Silvilairat, Suchaya ^a   Cabalka, Allison K ^a   Cetta, Frank ^a   Hagler, Donald J ^a   O'Leary, Patrick W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

EID: 27744454368     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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