Reproducibility of the proximal flow convergence method in mitral and tricuspid regurgitation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 721-728

  Grossmann, Georg ^a   Hoffmeister, Albrecht ^a   Imhof, Armin ^a   Giesler, Martin ^a   Hombach, Vinzenz ^a   Spiess, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYSTOLE; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 3142546771     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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