Refining the assessment of pulmonary regurgitation in adults after tetralogy of Fallot repair: Should we be measuring regurgitant fraction or regurgitant volume?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-361

  Wald, Rachel M ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a   Pereira, Andre ^a   Provost, Yves L ^a   Paul, Narinder S ^a   Oechslin, Erwin N ^a   Silversides, Candice K ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

MRI; Pulmonary regurgitation; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749093347     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn595     Document Type: Article

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