Impact of Cardiac Rhythm on Mitral Valve Area Calculated by the Pressure Half Time Method in Patients With Moderate or Severe Mitral Stenosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Kim, Hyung Kwan ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^a   Chang, Sung A ^a   Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Sohn, Dae Won ^a   Oh, Byung Hee ^a   Park, Young Bae ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compliance; Echocardiography; Mitral valve; Pressure half time; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149087740     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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