Usefulness of the right parasternal view and non-imaging continuous-wave Doppler transducer for the evaluation of the severity of aortic stenosis in the modern area

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-424

  De Monchy, Caroline Cueff ^a   Lepage, Laurent ^a   Boutron, Isabelle ^a   Leye, Mohamed ^a   Detaint, Delphine ^a   Hyafil, Fabien ^a   Brochet, Eric ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Messika Zeitoun, David ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Continuous wave Doppler; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 64749085466     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen301     Document Type: Article

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