Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in aortic stenosis: A novel, simple, and reliable method to improve accuracy in area calculation

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1296-1306

  Gutiérrez Chico, Juan Luis ^a   Zamorano, José Luis ^b   Prieto Moriche, Elsa ^b   Hernández Antolín, Rosa Ana ^b   Bravo Amaro, Marisol ^a   Pérez De Isla, Leopoldo ^b   Sanmartín Fernández, Marcelo ^a   Baz Alonso, José Antonio ^a   Íñiguez Romo, Andrés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic area; Aortic stenosis; Cardiac catheterization; Continuity equation; Doppler; Gorlin equation; Real time three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CALCINOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449146029     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm467     Document Type: Article

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