Double aortic and pulmonary valves: An artifact generated by ultrasound refraction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 786-787

  Spieker, Lukas E ^a   Hufschmid, Urs ^a   Oechslin, Erwin ^a   Jenni, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD REGURGITATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA; PULMONARY VALVE; RIB CARTILAGE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR RING;

AORTIC VALVE; ARTIFACTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 3042747269     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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