Accuracy and reproducibility of left ventricular outflow tract diameter measurement using transthoracic when compared with transesophageal echocardiography in systole and diastole

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 319-324

  Shiran, Avinoam ^a   Adawi, Salim ^a   Ganaeem, Majdi ^a   Asmer, Ehab ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Continuity equation; Left ventricular outflow tract; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 62449238365     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen254     Document Type: Article

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