Natural history of mitral stenosis and echocardiographic criteria and pitfalls in selecting patients for balloon valvuloplasty

Advances in Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 87-94

  Berger, Marvin ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON DILATATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

BALLOON DILATATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 4344705607     PISSN: 00652326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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