Practical echocardiography in aortic valve stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 653-665

  Nistri, Stefano ^a   Galderisi, Maurizio ^b   Faggiano, Pompilio ^c   Antonini Canterin, Francesco ^d   Ansalone, Gerardo ^e   Dini, Frank Lloyd ^f   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^g   Gallina, Sabina ^h   Mele, Donato ⁱ   Montisci, Roberta ^j   Sciomer, Susanna ^k   Di Bello, Vitantonio ^l   Mondillo, Sergio ^m   Marino, Paolo Nicola ⁿ  

^a CMSR Veneto Medica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Madre Giuseppina Vannini Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^k SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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Author keywords

aortic stenosis; Aortic valve area; Doppler echocardiography; Left ventricular function; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55249115870     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282f27d49     Document Type: Review

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