Improvement of heart function after balloon dilation of congenital valvar aortic stenosis: A pilot study with ultrasound tissue Doppler and strain rate imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1123-1128

  de Kort, Ellen ^a   Thijssen, Johan M ^a   Daniëls, Otto ^a   de Korte, Chris L ^a   Kapusta, Livia ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Balloon dilation; Echo Doppler cardiography; Strain rate; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN RATE; TISSUE;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATION; ECHO/DOPPLER CARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

CARDIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFANT; PARAMETER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; INFANT; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745634841     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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