Anotomic Interaction Between the Aortic Root and the Atrial Septum: A Prospective Echocardiographic Study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Bertaux, Géraldine ^a   Eicher, Jean Christophe ^a   Petit, Annie ^a   Dobšák, Petr ^b   Wolf, Jean Eric ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; AORTA ROOT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33947702571     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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