Influence of structural geometry on the severity of bicuspid aortic stenosis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 3 56-3, 2004, Pages

  Richards, Kathryn E ^a   Deserranno, Dimitri ^a   Donal, Erwan ^a   Greenberg, Neil L ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Garcia, Mario J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Doppler; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4143141961     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00264.2003     Document Type: Article

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