A practical approach to the quantification of valvular regurgitation

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Jacob, Ron ^b   Stewart, William J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 34247599266     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02938336     Document Type: Review

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