Evaluation of the tricuspid valve morphology and function by transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Badano, Luigi P ^a   Agricola, Eustachio ^b   De Isla, Leopoldo Perez ^c   Gianfagna, Pasquale ^a   Zamorano, Jose Louis ^c  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Real time; Surgery; Three dimensional; Tricuspid insufficiency; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid stenosis; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 67650536002     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep044     Document Type: Review

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