What our eyes see is not necessarily what our heart feels

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-125

  Pibarot, Philippe ^a,b   Larose, Éric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; AORTA STENOSIS; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 37849030416     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105553     Document Type: Editorial

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