Size-Adjusted Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Diameter Reference Values: A Safeguard for the Evaluation of the Severity of Aortic Stenosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-451

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

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve area; Echocardiography; Left ventricular outflow tract diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 65549097369     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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