Live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary regurgitation

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 911-917

  Pothineni, Koteswara R ^a   Wells, Bryan J ^a   Hsiung, Ming Chon ^b   Nanda, Navin C ^a,c   Yelamanchili, Pridhvi ^a   Suwanjutah, Thouantosaporn ^a   Prasad, A N Ravi ^a   Hansalia, Sachin ^a   Lin, Chang Chyi ^b   Yin, Wei Hsian ^b   Young, Mason Shing ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary regurgitation; Regurgitant volumes; Three dimensional echocardiography; Three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography; Vena contracta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51349154676     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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