Determination of stenotic mitral valve area: New, old, and gold standards

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-

  Flachskampf, Frank A ^a   Klinghammer, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLAND ALTMAN ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLOW CONVERGENCE ZONE ANALYIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 43449108572     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen037     Document Type: Letter

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