Direct measurement of left ventricular outflow tract by transthoracic real-time 3D-echocardiography increases accuracy in assessment of aortic valve stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-71

  Khaw, Alexander V ^a,b   von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan ^c   Strasser, Christina ^c   Mohr Kahaly, Susanne ^c   Blankenberg, Stefan ^c   Espinola Klein, Christine ^c   Münzel, Thomas F ^c   Schnabel, Renate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Left ventricular outflow tract; Three dimensional Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649882059     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.070     Document Type: Article

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