Microemboli in aortic valve replacement

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-859

  Nötzold, Axel ^a   Khattab, Ahmed A ^b   Eggers, Jürgen ^c  

^a Segeberger Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^b Department for Cardiology ^*  (Germany)

^c Segeberger Kliniken   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Cavitation; High intensity transient Doppler signals; Mechanical valve prostheses; Microemboli; Microembolic; Signal; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTIFACT; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MICROEMBOLISM; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VAPOR PRESSURE; XENOGRAFT;

AORTIC VALVE; EMBOLISM, AIR; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33845907120     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.4.6.853     Document Type: Review

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