Impact of effective valvotomy in mitral stenosis on pulmonary venous flow pattern

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 531-535

  Tatani, Solange Bernardes ^a,b   Campos, Orlando ^a   Moises, Valdir Ambrosio ^a   Fischer, Claudio Henrique ^a   Souza Marcondes, Jose Augusto ^a   Carvalho, Antonio Carlos C ^a   De Paola, Angelo Amato V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mitral stenosis; Pulmonary venous flow; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULOTOMY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746497811     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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