Accuracy of the Flow Convergence Method for Quantification of Aortic Regurgitation in Patients With Central Versus Eccentric Jets

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-480

  Pouleur, Anne Catherine ^a   de Waroux, Jean Benoît le Polain ^a   Goffinet, Céline ^a   Vancraeynest, David ^a   Pasquet, Agnès ^a   Gerber, Bernhard L ^a   Vanoverschelde, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION JET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCENTRIC AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION JET; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL ISOVELOCITY SURFACE AREA METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 50949128730     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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