A transesophageal echocardiographic and cine-fluoroscopic evaluation of an ATS prosthetic valve opening

Surgery Today

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Sezai, Akira ^a   Umeda, Tomofumi ^a   Hata, Mitsumasa ^a   Niino, Tetsuya ^a   Unosawa, Satoshi ^a   Tokai, Kotaro ^a   Kasamaki, Yuji ^a   Minami, Kazutomo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prosthetic valve; Transesophageal echocardiography; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATS VALVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTIC VALVE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 63149103506     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-008-3895-3     Document Type: Article

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