Echocardiographic evaluation of mitral valve in patients with pure rheumatic mitral regurgitation

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-153

  Atalay, Semra ^a   Uçar, Tayfun ^a   Özçlik, Nazire ^a   Ekici, Filiz ^a   Tutar, Ercan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve prolapse; Rheumatic carditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORPHOLOGY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THICKNESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 34548141902     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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