Direct Measurement of Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area by Real-Time Three-Dimensional Color Doppler for Quantitation of Aortic Regurgitant Volume: An In Vitro Validation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-313

  Pirat, Bahar ^a   Little, Stephen H ^a   Igo, Stephen R ^a   McCulloch, Marti ^a   Nosé, Yukihiko ^a   Hartley, Craig J ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Proximal isovelocity surface area; Real time 3 dimensional color Doppler

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FLOW RATE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60849096364     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.031     Document Type: Article

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