Echocardiographic quantitation of mitral regurgitation

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1151-1160

  Alharti, Mohsen S ^a   Mookadam, Farouk ^a   Tajik, A Jamil ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Doopler; Echocardiography; Mitral; Mitral valve regurgitation; PISA; Quantitation; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VOLUMETRY;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EXERCISE TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROGNOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 55249117028     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.6.8.1151     Document Type: Review

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