Doppler echocardiography markedly underestimates left ventricular stroke work loss in severe aortic valve stenosis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-345

  Turto, Heikki ^a   Lommi, Jyri ^a   Ventilä, Markku ^a   Kupari, Markku ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; Stroke work loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548316770     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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