Echocardiographic assessment of valve stenosis: EAE/ASE recommendations for clinical practice

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Baumgartner, Helmut ^a,k   Hung, Judy ^b,l   Bermejo, Javier ^c,k   Chambers, John B ^d,k   Evangelista, Arturo ^e,k   Griffin, Brian P ^f,l   Iung, Bernard ^g,k   Otto, Catherine M ^h,l   Pellikka, Patricia A ^i,l   Quiñones, Miguel ^j,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Writing Committee of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE)   (Germany)

^l AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE;

AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 58449135145     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen303     Document Type: Review

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