Estimation of aortic valve effective orifice area by Doppler echocardiography: Effects of valve inflow shape and flow rate

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 756-765

  Garcia, Damien ^a   Pibarot, Philippe ^a,b   Landry, Champlain ^a   Allard, Amélie ^a   Chayer, Boris ^a   Dumesnil, Jean G ^b   Durand, Louis Gilles ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIDEORECORDING;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 3042751845     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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