Proximal isovelocity surface area should be routinely measured in evaluating mitral regurgitation: A core review

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 940-943

  Lambert, A Stephane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EFFECTIVE REGURGITANT ORIFICE AREA; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 34748918927     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000278084.35122.4e     Document Type: Article

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