Hemodynamic and functional assessment of mechanical aortic valves using combined echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-167

  LaBounty, Troy M ^a   Agarwal, Prachi P ^b   Chughtai, Aamer ^b   Kazerooni, Ella A ^b   Wizauer, Eric ^b   Bach, David S ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Echocardiography; Heart valve disease; Heart valve prosthesis; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INDEX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67049167322     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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