Three-dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of an incidental quadricuspid aortic valve

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-320

  Armen, Todd A ^a   Vandse, Rashmi ^a   Bickle, Katherine ^a   Nathan, Nadia ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D echocardiography; Aortic valve insufficiency; Quadricuspid aortic valve; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE;

EID: 43449111532     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.03.041     Document Type: Article

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