Clinical implication of energy loss coefficient in patients with severe aortic stenosis diagnosed by Doppler echocardiography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1265-1269

  Kume, Teruyoshi ^a   Okura, Hiroyki ^a   Kawamoto, Takahiro ^a   Watanabe, Nozomi ^a   Hayashida, Akihiro ^a   Neishi, Yoji ^a   Miyamoto, Yoshinori ^a   Imai, Koichiro ^a   Yamada, Ryotaro ^a   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Valvular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 48749108899     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.1265     Document Type: Article

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