Regurgitant mitral valve and 3D echocardiography - Meant for each other?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-161

  Franke, Andreas ^a   Kuehl, Harald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 2942641742     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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