Annular systolic velocity predicts the presence of spontaneous echo contrast in mitral stenosis patients with sinus rhythm

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 459-463

  Çayli, Murat ^a   Acartürk, Esmeray ^a   Kanadaşi, Mehmet ^a   Demir, Mesut ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Annular systolic velocity; Mitral stenosis; Spontaneous echo contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SYSTOLE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34548759640     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20155     Document Type: Article

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