The prevalence of valvular abnormalities in patients who were referred for echocardiographic examination with a primary diagnosis of "heart murmur"

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-451

  Movahed, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ebrahimi, Ramin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral stenosis; Murmur; Valvular abnormalities; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMURS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247395066     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00425.x     Document Type: Review

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