Direct Quantification of Mitral Regurgitant Flow Volume by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Using Dealiasing of Color Doppler Flow at the Vena Contracta

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1337-1346

  Plicht, Björn ^a   Kahlert, Philipp ^a   Goldwasser, Ranny ^a   Janosi, Rolf Alexander ^a   Hunold, Peter ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Buck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow quantification; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mitral regurgitation; Real time 3 dimensional color Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56549087880     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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