Mitral valve prolapse: Relationship of echocardiography characteristics to natural history

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 434-437

  Mechleb, Bassam K ^a   Kasasbeh, Ehab S ^a   Iskandar, Said B ^a   Schoondyke, Jeffrey W ^a   Garcia, Israel D ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

M mode color Doppler imaging; Mitral valve; Mitral valve prolapse; Mitral valve scallops; Proximal isovelocity surface area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745350087     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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