Assessment of mitral prosthetic valve thrombosis by live three-dimensional echocardiography: Comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-289

  Moreo, Antonella ^a,b   Lobiati, Elisabetta ^a   De Chiara, Benedetta ^a   Mauri, Francesco ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mitral prosthetic valve; Three dimensional echocardiography; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547429356     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-0982-0     Document Type: Article

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