Assessment of Severity in Aortic Stenosis-Incremental Value of Endocardial Function Parameters Compared With Standard Indexes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1224-1235

  Vitarelli, Antonio ^a   Morichetti, Miguel Cortes ^b   Conde, Ysabel ^a   Cimino, Ester ^a   D'Orazio, Simona ^a   Stellato, Simona ^a   Padella, Viviana ^c   Caranci, Fiorella ^c   Battaglia, Daniela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Echocardiography; Integrated backscatter; Strain imaging; Strain rate imaging; Subendocardial dysfunction; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; STRAIN RATE;

AORTIC STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE; DIASTOLIC ENDOCARDIAL STRAIN; ENDOCARDIAL FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN RATE IMAGING; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSVALVAR PRESSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34547136699     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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